Well I haven't lost my wallet for a decade, but I have no idea how many times people have had the possibility of looking into it without stealing anything.
However -- The moment you enable sshd on it, it becomes a server, and if it isn't a dumb dataless box, it needs to be able to be referred to.
That referral should preferably work not just through the network or a database, but also through normal speech, phone and should be able to memorize.
Therefore, don't use the name as a database, use a database.
Previously we used whiskey labels even if some of those esoteric Irish labels were a bit awkward over the phone. Nowadays, management has decided we must use the name as a database, thus enclding the location in the name, and we have to rename machines all the time. Fortunately they are all dumb dataless thingies, so when something needs to be moved we just change the mac address in the DHCP database and reinstall.
Recycling is a fluffy word.
A) You can recycle by cleaning the product and re-using it. A good option but seldom feasible. This is hard to do with soft plastic bags and can be done a limited number of times.
B) You can recycle by decomposing the procuct and make new products. This can be done for plastic bags but takes energy.
C) You can recycle by collecting the product and incinerate to make use of the energy. This is how it's mostly done, but usually emits CO2 as a byproduct.
Decomposing with bacteria would, assuming the article is correct, be an alternative to incinerating.
Then we also have the plastic problem in the Pacific Ocean. That stuff seems hard to recycle, but bacteria, provided it doesn't upset the ecology, maybe could be of help.
If you meant using the X11 protocol over the public internet, you lose in most cases because of the X11 protocol design.
X11 requires good bandwidth and low latency. If you were in Germany and assuming your university is in the U.S., the sheer latency kills X11 protocol regardless of the bandwidth.
Sun Ray, VNC, ICA(Citrix) and Remote Desktop protocols works over these links. Try one out.
Imagine a future version of the same field, but with "MacOS XVIII", "Plan 10" "FreeBeOS", "ReactOS Hurd", "AmigaOS Phoenix", etc, etc in the list. Real choice, in other words.
Have you ever tried installing an engine in a car?
I'd say installing almost any OS (including Windows) in a computer is a lot simpler than installing an engine in a car.
You use what works best for what you want to do, market share be damned.
Unfortunately, this is, in many cases, only true for what you're using privately. At work, it's often quite another story.
Where the bosses choose what's right for you, the(ir) experienced market share can actually play a role, which is probably
why we see this fud from time to time.
When car manufacturers find a design problem that might cause accidents, they usually recall all cars that may have the problem, despite its huge costs.
Why don't you think Apple should do this? Imagine just one hotel fire caused by a faulty PowerBook adapter.
This happened just a couple of years ago, when one of those email viruses was plaguing the Windows world.
He: Good afternoon, I seem to have a problem with my home computer. I think I've got a virus. Me: Well, we don't support home computers, but I guess you've heard about the new virus on the news. He: Yes I have, but I don't think I have that one. I'm very careful about this. I always read my mail by ssh'ing to work and read the mail using pine. Me: OK, that seems good to me. Why do you think you have a virus ? He: Well, today I got mail from a colleague of mine, whom I'm sure would never send me anything nasty, so I had pine to save his attachment on the disk at work. Then I fetched it to my home computer using F-secure SSH, and double-clicked on the icon. Me: Ah-ha! You didn't by any chance notice the name of the attachment? He: I don't know exactly, but I remember it had a peculiar extension,.doc.exe something,... do.. you.. think.. I.. Me: Ahem, as I said, we don't support home computers. I guess you'll have a nice evening reinstalling your machine...
Here in Sweden, the govt is pushing the so called "e-legitimation" which translates to "e-id" in english. This system was also initially windows only. IIRC, it took them two years to make it working on a mac. I don't know whether it works for Linux today.
Anyway, these things are not a matter of technology or economy. It is really a political question, and, IMHO, should be dealt with as such.
In these days, here in the EU, the most shameful thing a government can do (apart from doing bad in human rights issues of course) is to boost monopolies or otherwise favorizing any vendor or industry. The EU has a history of nitpicking the swedish alcohol and drug monopolies. They have essentially made smuggling of alcohol legal, all in the name of something called "free trade".
This wiewpoint seemingly does not affect the IT arena. At least it seems to be perfectly OK to favorize monopolies abroad by setting up government backed system that only work with windows, a system sold by an, in the U.S. at least, convicted monopolist.
What the government is doing is saving development money and letting the people pay by having to buy windows.
Is this free trade?
No! it is really a new tax, but the tax money goes directly to Redmond.
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Well I haven't lost my wallet for a decade, but I have no idea how many times people have had the possibility of looking into it without stealing anything.
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Copying isn't stealing....
and without NASA there wouldn't be any Google Maps at all.
However -- The moment you enable sshd on it, it becomes a server,
and if it isn't a dumb dataless box, it needs to be able to be referred to.
That referral should preferably work not just through the network or a database,
but also through normal speech, phone and should be able to memorize.
Therefore, don't use the name as a database, use a database.
Previously we used whiskey labels even if some of those esoteric Irish labels were a bit awkward over the phone.
Nowadays, management has decided we must use the name as a database, thus enclding the location in the name, and we have to rename machines all the time. Fortunately they are all dumb dataless thingies, so when something needs to be moved we just change the mac address in the DHCP database and reinstall.
Yeah, and to speed up the process, you could also exercise the graphics processor using some internet commercials from the web.
If windows controls the fans, you could possibly make the system work really quiet :-] ...
I can do that here in Sweden too. Checks only appear when dealing with folks in the U.S. and they are extremely complicated and expensive to cash.
Maybe half of windows remote functions are or were DCE RPC's from the beginning. Hence 135
Under the new world order, you can be fired if your boss simply wakes up on the wrong side of bed.
Huh?
Please define "world".
Yep. Ryanair had a long track record of treating their customers as unwanted cargo.
I've flown with them once, don't dare to do that again.
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Ryanair - We don't care
Come to think of it, I don't think the word "soft" applies anywhere near Ryan. :D
Ah, but then you're ignoring the prefix...
However, it's perception that counts...
A) You can recycle by cleaning the product and re-using it. A good option but seldom feasible. This is hard to do with soft plastic bags and can be done a limited number of times.
B) You can recycle by decomposing the procuct and make new products. This can be done for plastic bags but takes energy.
C) You can recycle by collecting the product and incinerate to make use of the energy. This is how it's mostly done, but usually emits CO2 as a byproduct.
Decomposing with bacteria would, assuming the article is correct, be an alternative to incinerating.
Then we also have the plastic problem in the Pacific Ocean. That stuff seems hard to recycle, but bacteria, provided it doesn't upset the ecology, maybe could be of help.
So, how many percent efficiency are you assuming for the nuclar power plant ?
No you're not alone
It looks great first, but:
1) Dig up LOTS of C
2) Add LOTS of O2 making LOTS of CO2
3) Dig that down.
Net result: LOTS of O2 dug down.
But who needs O2 anyway?
If you meant using the X11 protocol over the public internet, you lose in most cases because of the X11 protocol design.
X11 requires good bandwidth and low latency.
If you were in Germany and assuming your university is in the U.S., the sheer latency kills X11 protocol regardless of the bandwidth.
Sun Ray, VNC, ICA(Citrix) and Remote Desktop protocols works over these links. Try one out.
Hope you typed it blindfolded then.
Imagine a future version of the same field, but with "MacOS XVIII", "Plan 10" "FreeBeOS", "ReactOS Hurd", "AmigaOS Phoenix", etc, etc in the list. Real choice, in other words.
Uh oh, You forgot CowboyNeal OSHave you ever tried installing an engine in a car?
I'd say installing almost any OS (including Windows) in a computer is a lot simpler than installing an engine in a car.
A hollow voice says: PLUGH
unbeleivable, isn't it!
You use what works best for what you want to do, market share be damned.
Unfortunately, this is, in many cases, only true for what you're using privately. At work, it's often quite another story.
Where the bosses choose what's right for you, the(ir) experienced market share can actually play a role, which is probably why we see this fud from time to time.
So five fires would not be a problem?
When car manufacturers find a design problem that might cause accidents, they usually recall all cars that may have the problem, despite its huge costs.
Why don't you think Apple should do this? Imagine just one hotel fire caused by a faulty PowerBook adapter.
This happened just a couple of years ago, when one of those email viruses was plaguing the Windows world.
.doc.exe something, ... do .. you .. think .. I ..
He: Good afternoon, I seem to have a problem with my home computer. I think I've got a virus.
Me: Well, we don't support home computers, but I guess you've heard about the new virus on the news.
He: Yes I have, but I don't think I have that one. I'm very careful about this. I always read my mail by ssh'ing to work and read the mail using pine.
Me: OK, that seems good to me. Why do you think you have a virus ?
He: Well, today I got mail from a colleague of mine, whom I'm sure would never send me anything nasty, so I had pine
to save his attachment on the disk at work. Then I fetched it to my home computer using F-secure SSH, and double-clicked
on the icon.
Me: Ah-ha! You didn't by any chance notice the name of the attachment?
He: I don't know exactly, but I remember it had a peculiar extension,
Me: Ahem, as I said, we don't support home computers. I guess you'll have a nice evening reinstalling your machine...
Here in Sweden, the govt is pushing the so called "e-legitimation" which translates to "e-id" in english. This system was also initially windows only. IIRC, it took them two years to make it working on a mac. I don't know whether it works for Linux today.
Anyway, these things are not a matter of technology or economy. It is really a political question, and, IMHO, should be dealt with as such.
In these days, here in the EU, the most shameful thing a government can do (apart from doing bad in human rights issues of course) is to boost monopolies or otherwise favorizing any vendor or industry. The EU has a history of nitpicking the swedish alcohol and drug monopolies. They have essentially made smuggling of alcohol legal, all in the name of something called "free trade".
This wiewpoint seemingly does not affect the IT arena. At least it seems to be perfectly OK to favorize monopolies abroad by setting up government backed system that only work with windows, a system sold by an, in the U.S. at least, convicted monopolist.
What the government is doing is saving development money and letting the people pay by having to buy windows.
Is this free trade? No! it is really a new tax, but the tax money goes directly to Redmond.
ITMS here in Sweden lists 150 songs under the artist ABBA, including 15 in spanish, and only two in Swedish :-(
However, many of these are duplicates as they come from different albums.