My guess is they want to search events. It would be cool to google "concerts in denver" at calendar.google.com and get something meaningful back. It's all about searching, and storing your events in google doesn't really accomplish anything.
Makes much more sense for them to add the time element to searches, not a calendar function similar to Outlook or Lotus Notes.
Can we try to avoid the questions about fighting malware/spam/viruses? The majority of these things are sent via email or installed by end users. If linux were a large enough player it would have to deal with the same things. The comparison is only valid now because linux isn't a large enough player, and therefore isn't targetted.
Not even linux can protect and end user from himself.
With every project I've worked on it work, I've slowly learned that regardless of how sophisticated a piece of software is, or how elegant the design is, or how reliable, the response from the PHB is always one of two things:
"Wow, that looks great" or "Oh, ok."
If it doesn't look clean or cool or have little moving clickable things people just aren't impressed.
I get so sick of hearing the argument about the 2nd ammendment's purpose being the ability to take arms against a tyranical government. When the constitution was written that was a valid point, but not anymore. Look at the differences in military weaponry between now and then. Even with fully automatic weapons do you think it would be possible to stop our military? Minor nuisance at best. Ask some Iraqi insurgents if that's been sufficient for them.
I'm not saying that there aren't other reasons to justify guns (I just can't think of any at the moment), but the overthrowing the government one just doesn't apply anymore.
I forgot to mention macros. Girlfriend loves being able to hit one button and watch TV. With my setup that's a sequence of like 10 normal button presses (counting mode switches, power ons and input selections). Somehow she couldn't get that all down, but was able to understand: "If something isn't working, turn everything off and press button x".
(One PITA with macros is not all devices have discrete on/off codes, so the remote can't tell whether it's turning something on or off. Not good with a projector).
Another benefit if you go for a remote that has advertised 'learning' is that you can learn buttons and convert them to the real protocol and sequence and then use that as a regular button instead of hoarding your learning memory.
A JP1 remote (usually labeled as an RCA one-4-all or Radioshack brand remote) will let you do anything you want to it, and they're relatively cheap. The JP1 interface lets you reprogram ('upgrade') the remote from your computer to do anything (with a $10 cable). You can set all of your buttons however you see fit. Think being in one mode all the time, where your fast-forward/play control the dvd, channel buttons control your cable and volume your receiver without ever having to switch modes.
I just picked up a URC-9910 for less than $40 off of ebay and it even came with an RF extender so I can pipe my home theater to a different room and simply take the remote with me to watch from there. Some good JP1 links are here, here, here and definitely this yahoo group.
Definitely worth researching before you plunk down $200 on a remote. Plus with all the available JP1 remotes you can find one that has a button configuration you like, and still reprogram it to have any features you're looking for.
Mine is currently controlling a Sanyo Z1 projector, Onkyo Receiver (with all buttons available), Philips DirectTivo, XboxMediaCenter, Sony DVD, another Sony Receiver and a Philips TV (other room). All this from one remote.
There's a file called clientregistry.blob (or something similar) in your steam directory. I was trying to install it to a network share to decrease load times (gigabit link with a speedy raid array) and the installer wouldn't let me. Wouldn't even recognize when I copied the steam dir by hand. Did a search of files in the steam dir and found the blob file contained the install path. Deleted that and was able to move the dir and play. Could be the same thing for the CD auth.
What I don't get is why we're fighting the symptoms and not the disease. If America would stop pissing off the rest of the world we'd probably see a lot less people that want to kill us.
Installing a fixpack? Open a tab for each server, set one to send input to all sessions and you only have to do everything once. Enables you to not have to write a script when you don't have to.
Probably a function that only a small niche will use, but when you have a reason it saves a ton of work.
Another thing it would need to have are seperate on buttons for different functions.
For example? What's an Ipod? It's some storage with a nice UI, right? You turn it on, it plays music. Very simple.
The reason I don't use my Zaurus as a media device is it's too involved to be worth my while. Power on, navigate to apps tab, launch opieplayer, load a playlist, press play, hope I don't press the screen in the wrong place and close the app. All of which has to be done with the stylus. It'd be nice if you could press the 'Music' button on the device and it would powerup directly into the Music app (That isn't a clone of a desktop app, but one designed for a PDA, like the IPOD interface). Until is was turned off or some magical key combination pressed it would behave exactly as an IPOD/Karma/Whatever clone.
You know what I'd love to see? A laptop/pda hybrid. It would run a full featured desktop OS, with that OS's palm version running as an app or emulated.
PDA's are getting to be pretty powerful these days, really all that's keeping them from being a laptop is the input device and display. So why not sell it with a docking station that has USB ports and a VGA port. When not in the dock you use it as a palm, with the palm versions of your main apps inside the emulated PDA OS. (Obviously they would share data with the full featured versions).
The new Zaurus already has USB Host capabilities, all that would be needed is to beef up the storage (which can be done either built in or with expansion ports) and provide a more robust video solution (I think the Zaurus is just a framebuffer).
I was happily using a 400MHz processor only a couple of years ago, and the only reason for upgrading were a speed boost (and that was windows). Aren't the new Zauri 400Mhz?
Hell, AFAIK CF cards are just mini PCMCIA cards, so you could have full PCMCIA card slots on the dock. Add an ethernet chipset into the dock (Similar to the Rio Karma) and make sure the unit itself does wireless and you'd have the best of both worlds.
Rumor is this: Gerstner comes on board and the first time he has to fly somewhere on the company jet he asks the flight attendant for a glass of scotch/brandy/whatever. She replies "We don't have alcohol at IBM". One unscheduled landing and takeoff later the policy changed corporate wide. Sometimes mgmt even throws parties onsite with alcohol these days.
I think the best solution would be for comcast to shut down port 25 outgoing by default (or any port that could be used to launch an attack), and provide a website that their customers (like me) can go to to re-enable those ports. It would only allow the cable subscriber to open the ports from their ip, and maybe confirm the request with a password or email or something (so an attacker couldn't automate it in a virus/trojan). It'd be like a firewall that defaults to high-security for people who don't know what they're doing, but can be disabled by people that actually want or need the ports open (and who will probably have their PCs protected some other way).
I'd have to say the problem lies not with the fact that they want to keep all drivers open source, but the whole process is UNBELIEVABLY complicated.
Just today I had to go through the headache of trying to get my Centrino Wifi card to work. Granted, the project for this is still in beta, but the whole process just sucks.
Here's my two sense on how to make it easier: - Having the kernel config in the kernel itself should not be an option--It should be mandatory. - Kernels should not be distributed without the source on end user distros (I.e no seperate kernel/kernel source options)
Once these criteria are met, most drivers will./configure, make and make install without problem. All they really need are the source and the.config.
Now that that problem is solved, can we not come up with a method of integrating new modules into the kernel that has a happy-go-lucky GUI? Really all it has to do is./configure; make; make install. Maybe that GUI could be extended to include wizards for some of the post install configuration as well.
The whole thing could be run by an uber-automake like thing that would already be on the system.
Now that I think about it, someone just needs to write InstallShield for linux and we're set. Automake/conf just doesn't cut it for end users.
There's another thing that I don't understand. Why use yet another method of encryption for wireless? Why can't the AP or router behind it be set up for a VPN. My company doesn't trust the internet, so it uses a VPN. If you don't trust your WIFI link, why not use a VPN?
This is the setup I have at home: My AP is connected to it's own NIC in my router box (running linux). The DHCP server on the box will give people coming over that interface non-routable IPs, and iptables is configured to drop everything not going to the router from that interface. If a user attempts to go to a web page iptables routes the traffic to the routers web server which tells them how to set up a VPN, if they have a username/pass (my gf is always messing it up, so she needs instructions:) ). Once VPNing to the router you're given an IP on the normal wired network and off to the races. This way you get none of the downsides of WEP (insecure, slowdown, known key, etc) and all the benefits of encryption. It sounds complicated, but really it's not. I can't see why more people aren't doing this as opposed to WEP. It's my understanding WEP==BAD.
I started using one of these years ago. It's not one that you have to somehow convince your index finger to move from side to side, and they recently increased the arch to better fit your hand at rest. Highly recommended.
Watching the feed it appeared to have gotten high centered a little off the track. Once there it looked to be just spinning its wheels until smoke came out:)
I've got a T40, probably the same graphics card as the poster (Mobility Radeon 7500) and I can't figure out how to enable the power saving features under Linux. I know when I'm in windows power saving the vid card gives me a huge longetivity boost life.
What's funny is that there is really no way for Microsoft to avoid being associated with this, even though it isn't their fault.
If Linux ever goes mainstream (and by mainstream I mean you no longer have to compile things to guarantee compatibility with your system) this virus could easily spread through it instead. Granted, the majority of Linux users aren't as clueless as the majority of windows users, but still there is no exploit involved here.
So, since Linux isn't mainstream yet, Windows users are the only ones that see these things and Microsoft automatically gets the blame.
Microsoft has got to hate this because they can't just say "It's all the damned users' fault". And the more and more this happens people are going to start looking for alternatives.
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My guess is they want to search events. It would be cool to google "concerts in denver" at calendar.google.com and get something meaningful back. It's all about searching, and storing your events in google doesn't really accomplish anything.
Makes much more sense for them to add the time element to searches, not a calendar function similar to Outlook or Lotus Notes.
Can we try to avoid the questions about fighting malware/spam/viruses? The majority of these things are sent via email or installed by end users. If linux were a large enough player it would have to deal with the same things. The comparison is only valid now because linux isn't a large enough player, and therefore isn't targetted.
Not even linux can protect and end user from himself.
With every project I've worked on it work, I've slowly learned that regardless of how sophisticated a piece of software is, or how elegant the design is, or how reliable, the response from the PHB is always one of two things:
"Wow, that looks great"
or
"Oh, ok."
If it doesn't look clean or cool or have little moving clickable things people just aren't impressed.
I get so sick of hearing the argument about the 2nd ammendment's purpose being the ability to take arms against a tyranical government. When the constitution was written that was a valid point, but not anymore. Look at the differences in military weaponry between now and then. Even with fully automatic weapons do you think it would be possible to stop our military? Minor nuisance at best. Ask some Iraqi insurgents if that's been sufficient for them.
I'm not saying that there aren't other reasons to justify guns (I just can't think of any at the moment), but the overthrowing the government one just doesn't apply anymore.
I forgot to mention macros. Girlfriend loves being able to hit one button and watch TV. With my setup that's a sequence of like 10 normal button presses (counting mode switches, power ons and input selections). Somehow she couldn't get that all down, but was able to understand: "If something isn't working, turn everything off and press button x".
(One PITA with macros is not all devices have discrete on/off codes, so the remote can't tell whether it's turning something on or off. Not good with a projector).
Another benefit if you go for a remote that has advertised 'learning' is that you can learn buttons and convert them to the real protocol and sequence and then use that as a regular button instead of hoarding your learning memory.
A JP1 remote (usually labeled as an RCA one-4-all or Radioshack brand remote) will let you do anything you want to it, and they're relatively cheap. The JP1 interface lets you reprogram ('upgrade') the remote from your computer to do anything (with a $10 cable). You can set all of your buttons however you see fit. Think being in one mode all the time, where your fast-forward/play control the dvd, channel buttons control your cable and volume your receiver without ever having to switch modes.
I just picked up a URC-9910 for less than $40 off of ebay and it even came with an RF extender so I can pipe my home theater to a different room and simply take the remote with me to watch from there. Some good JP1 links are here, here, here and definitely this yahoo group.
Definitely worth researching before you plunk down $200 on a remote. Plus with all the available JP1 remotes you can find one that has a button configuration you like, and still reprogram it to have any features you're looking for.
Mine is currently controlling a Sanyo Z1 projector, Onkyo Receiver (with all buttons available), Philips DirectTivo, XboxMediaCenter, Sony DVD, another Sony Receiver and a Philips TV (other room). All this from one remote.
There's a file called clientregistry.blob (or something similar) in your steam directory. I was trying to install it to a network share to decrease load times (gigabit link with a speedy raid array) and the installer wouldn't let me. Wouldn't even recognize when I copied the steam dir by hand. Did a search of files in the steam dir and found the blob file contained the install path. Deleted that and was able to move the dir and play. Could be the same thing for the CD auth.
What I don't get is why we're fighting the symptoms and not the disease. If America would stop pissing off the rest of the world we'd probably see a lot less people that want to kill us.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/041001.html
This page from Sony Japan lists the U70 at 210,000 yen, or $1892.55 in USD.
Basically they're charging $750 to reinstall the OS. I need to get into the import business.
Every six months there's something new, later found to be caused by something else.
In January: "Brown rock may be evidence of life on mars"
February: "Turns out brown rock was just a brown rock"
Next August: "Mars existing may mean life on Mars"
Sept: "Oops, Mars not created by life on Mars"
MCSE:Security... I was trying to come up with a punch line for that, but it pretty much holds its own.
"Send input to all sessions"
Installing a fixpack? Open a tab for each server, set one to send input to all sessions and you only have to do everything once. Enables you to not have to write a script when you don't have to.
Probably a function that only a small niche will use, but when you have a reason it saves a ton of work.
I've been trying to do this forever.. What's your xorg.conf look like?
Another thing it would need to have are seperate on buttons for different functions.
For example? What's an Ipod? It's some storage with a nice UI, right? You turn it on, it plays music. Very simple.
The reason I don't use my Zaurus as a media device is it's too involved to be worth my while. Power on, navigate to apps tab, launch opieplayer, load a playlist, press play, hope I don't press the screen in the wrong place and close the app. All of which has to be done with the stylus. It'd be nice if you could press the 'Music' button on the device and it would powerup directly into the Music app (That isn't a clone of a desktop app, but one designed for a PDA, like the IPOD interface). Until is was turned off or some magical key combination pressed it would behave exactly as an IPOD/Karma/Whatever clone.
You know what I'd love to see?
A laptop/pda hybrid. It would run a full featured desktop OS, with that OS's palm version running as an app or emulated.
PDA's are getting to be pretty powerful these days, really all that's keeping them from being a laptop is the input device and display. So why not sell it with a docking station that has USB ports and a VGA port. When not in the dock you use it as a palm, with the palm versions of your main apps inside the emulated PDA OS. (Obviously they would share data with the full featured versions).
The new Zaurus already has USB Host capabilities, all that would be needed is to beef up the storage (which can be done either built in or with expansion ports) and provide a more robust video solution (I think the Zaurus is just a framebuffer).
I was happily using a 400MHz processor only a couple of years ago, and the only reason for upgrading were a speed boost (and that was windows). Aren't the new Zauri 400Mhz?
Hell, AFAIK CF cards are just mini PCMCIA cards, so you could have full PCMCIA card slots on the dock. Add an ethernet chipset into the dock (Similar to the Rio Karma) and make sure the unit itself does wireless and you'd have the best of both worlds.
Rumor is this:
Gerstner comes on board and the first time he has to fly somewhere on the company jet he asks the flight attendant for a glass of scotch/brandy/whatever. She replies "We don't have alcohol at IBM". One unscheduled landing and takeoff later the policy changed corporate wide. Sometimes mgmt even throws parties onsite with alcohol these days.
I think the best solution would be for comcast to shut down port 25 outgoing by default (or any port that could be used to launch an attack), and provide a website that their customers (like me) can go to to re-enable those ports. It would only allow the cable subscriber to open the ports from their ip, and maybe confirm the request with a password or email or something (so an attacker couldn't automate it in a virus/trojan). It'd be like a firewall that defaults to high-security for people who don't know what they're doing, but can be disabled by people that actually want or need the ports open (and who will probably have their PCs protected some other way).
I'd have to say the problem lies not with the fact that they want to keep all drivers open source, but the whole process is UNBELIEVABLY complicated.
./configure, make and make install without problem. All they really need are the source and the .config.
./configure; make; make install. Maybe that GUI could be extended to include wizards for some of the post install configuration as well.
Just today I had to go through the headache of trying to get my Centrino Wifi card to work. Granted, the project for this is still in beta, but the whole process just sucks.
Here's my two sense on how to make it easier:
- Having the kernel config in the kernel itself should not be an option--It should be mandatory.
- Kernels should not be distributed without the source on end user distros (I.e no seperate kernel/kernel source options)
Once these criteria are met, most drivers will
Now that that problem is solved, can we not come up with a method of integrating new modules into the kernel that has a happy-go-lucky GUI? Really all it has to do is
The whole thing could be run by an uber-automake like thing that would already be on the system.
Now that I think about it, someone just needs to write InstallShield for linux and we're set. Automake/conf just doesn't cut it for end users.
There's another thing that I don't understand. Why use yet another method of encryption for wireless? Why can't the AP or router behind it be set up for a VPN. My company doesn't trust the internet, so it uses a VPN. If you don't trust your WIFI link, why not use a VPN?
:) ). Once VPNing to the router you're given an IP on the normal wired network and off to the races. This way you get none of the downsides of WEP (insecure, slowdown, known key, etc) and all the benefits of encryption.
This is the setup I have at home:
My AP is connected to it's own NIC in my router box (running linux). The DHCP server on the box will give people coming over that interface non-routable IPs, and iptables is configured to drop everything not going to the router from that interface. If a user attempts to go to a web page iptables routes the traffic to the routers web server which tells them how to set up a VPN, if they have a username/pass (my gf is always messing it up, so she needs instructions
It sounds complicated, but really it's not. I can't see why more people aren't doing this as opposed to WEP. It's my understanding WEP==BAD.
I started using one of these years ago. It's not one that you have to somehow convince your index finger to move from side to side, and they recently increased the arch to better fit your hand at rest. Highly recommended.
Watching the feed it appeared to have gotten high centered a little off the track. Once there it looked to be just spinning its wheels until smoke came out :)
I've got a T40, probably the same graphics card as the poster (Mobility Radeon 7500) and I can't figure out how to enable the power saving features under Linux. I know when I'm in windows power saving the vid card gives me a huge longetivity boost life.
Anyone know how to do that with Linux?
What's funny is that there is really no way for Microsoft to avoid being associated with this, even though it isn't their fault.
If Linux ever goes mainstream (and by mainstream I mean you no longer have to compile things to guarantee compatibility with your system) this virus could easily spread through it instead. Granted, the majority of Linux users aren't as clueless as the majority of windows users, but still there is no exploit involved here.
So, since Linux isn't mainstream yet, Windows users are the only ones that see these things and Microsoft automatically gets the blame.
Microsoft has got to hate this because they can't just say "It's all the damned users' fault". And the more and more this happens people are going to start looking for alternatives.
Unless the port was only open to the source that successfully knocked.
And the packet sniffer wouldn't be required at all if the port was just open to everyone all the time.