Innovative Idea: An addition for the folder/file metaphor: catagories.
Previously: Folders have Files and Folders. The contents of a Folder is the union of all Files it has and all Folders it has. Names must be unique among a Folder's contents.
Now: Folders and Catagories have Files and Folders and catagories. The contents of a Folder or Catagory is the union of all Files it has, all Folders it has, and the contents of any Catagories it has. Names must be unique among a Folder's contents.
Folders remain the primary container, and Files the primary item. Catagories are a way to organize stuff inside a Folder. If a Folder is a Window, Catagories would be disclousure triangles inside a window.
Catagories could be implemented atop an existing filesystem by reserving a character that is unlikely to be used, say '>'. Then, if a filename is split upon the '>', and the last part is the filename. Previous parts would be the catagory hiarchey it is in.
Courier also has an integrated webmail server, which might be good in this situation (judging by previous comments.) It's virtual account/domain support is pretty good too, and since it does POP, IMAP, SMTP, and webmail, you only have to configure stuff once.
Yes, but if you're not root, it doesn't work for people who've mesg n'ed.
Some systems mesg n my default. For those that don't, the admin can disable wall really easily in more than one way: echo mesg n >>/etc/profile chmod o-a `which wall`
Just to let you know, at my school, things are a lot tougher than there. We've got a written policy, and knowledgable admins.
When people at my school net send'ed the entire network, (consiting of a computer in every classroom across two 1000-kid schools, the 20 computers in each school's library, 3 labs worth of computers in each, and then some), with messages more obnoxious that "Hey!", they got banned from the network for a while.
Net send isn't included in the policy.
Admins *have* disabled the commant prompt (some priviledge somewhere, cmd refuses to run), removed it from Start for all STUDENT\ users, disabled Start->Run, disabled commands in the address bar, etc. Yet there's a very simple way around this: I figured it out years ago so I could run pscp and other such goodies (part of PuTTY). Open notepad, type "@COMMAND", and save it as a.bat file. Double-click it.
I agree with this: I'd take a two-button plus scroll-wheel-button mouse any day over a plain three-button or a (god forbid) two button. My real prefrence is that Logitech trackball. The thumb rolls the ball, and the fingers operate a left and right button, with a scroll-wheel-button in between. It's like a mouse, but instead of moving it, you use your thumb on the ball. It's really nice. There's a new even nicer wireless model that fits my hand better, but it's more expensive. ANYhow, this is just my $0.02
For the record, I actually do write my documents in HTML. Pure HTML 4.0 and CSS Level 2. It can get annoying at times, but it works, is completly cross-platform, and kinda fun.
Or have a question in the instaltion of the driver to chose one. Simple.
In instalation: You will need to pick a USB ID for your device. Use a paper clip to position the switches on your device to a random position, and then use your mouse to adjust these switches to match: **switches** If, after you have installed a new USB device, this device begins to malfunction, simply re-pick a USB ID, and adjust the switches on the device, and [click Start->Setting->USB Manager|open the USB ID Manager from the Applications folder on your hard disk|run the adjusbid command]
I think the thing you might be referring to is *57. That's what Verizon uses; but you still have to call them or do something to actually getthe info later or do something about it.
Having something tied into the DNC list like you sugested is a great idea.
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I think that removing the.com and.net allocations to VeriSign's servers is one of the best things they could do. It would show people what happens what somebody violates the DNS specification. It would show people what would happen when a company gets too full of themselves. It would show people what would happen if the 'Net got unstandardized (more than it already is.) And it would generate more backslash than people have ever seen.
Let's start with the windowing environment, since that is the first thing users will notice. While both KDE and GNOME are mature, stable, and accepted as IEEE standards, Apple has elected to use neither. In fact, they don't even use X at all! Their display system is a proprietary, closed-source system called Quartz Extreme. In addition to the moral issues involved with closed software, this precludes the user from running X apps. There is an untested and alpha-quality X11 emulation layer available for download, but it is emulation, so programs will be slow. Does this sound like a standards-based system to you?
Actually, it's quite good. You'll note that it's emulating only the X11 libraries, really even only the X11 server itself. The slowdown of having X apps pass through that layer also occurs on Linux, *BSD, or any other OS. KDE and GNOME may be open standards, but they're not as nice-looking as Aqua, and the WindowServer that runs Apple's windowing system, is, AFAIK, part of Darwin, and thus open.
Looking under the hood, it gets worse. While all other *nixes use standard ELF binaries, Darwin (Apple's name for their proprietary "Unix" kernel) does not. It uses Mach-O, an unproven format that is proprietary to Apple. The moribund FreeBSD, off which OS X is based, uses ELF, so clearly Apple went to the extra effort of "switching" (heh) simply to break compatibility. With ELF, users would be able to run most of their Lunix apps; with Mach-O this is impossible. Additionally, Apple has moved most configuration info fromhuman readable text files into a proprietary database called "NetInfo", which is much like the Windows registry we all loathe. Why? These are only a few of the ways that Apple has deliberately broken compatibility with other systems, presumably in order to lock users in to expensive Mac hardware.
Darwin is not a kernel, Mach is the kernel. You'll note that it's the same micro-kernel that GNU Hurd uses, and if Hurd isn't Unix, what is (nowadays)? Darwin may be based on FreeBSD, but the kernel is Mach, which isn't. Also, you seem to be overlooking that most Linux programs are compiled for Intel processors, not PowerPCs. Thus, they wouldn't run anyways. However, most do compile with little or no modification. Netinfo is never used directly. Requests are handeled by lookupd, which uses Netinfo, but searches flat files (/etc/passwd,/etc/hosts, etc.) first. Netinfo also allows networks that share common printers, hosts, network configuration, users, mounts, etc. to be constructed easily. Unlike the registry, Netinfo is documented, and has manipulation utilities, for both the command line and the GUI. And, it's never gotten fscked up (for me.) Mac hardware may be expensive, but- it's better. Even the Linux people who use Linux on Macs agree it's faster, better, etc. on a Mac. Macs are more durable, featureful, more standard, and "just work" more and don't work less.
When we factor in the threat to users' civil liberties that is posed by the DRM included to support the iTunes Music Store (do you really think it will end there?) it is obvious that real *nix gurus should give OS X a wide berth. Caveat emptor.
Okay, find music for that cheap on Linux (while still supporting the artisit. It's hard. The music industries wouldn't stand for a service without DRM, and you'll note Apple is pretty darn nice. Unlimited CD burns (but no more that 10 for the same playlist), 3 computers, unlimited iPods. Plus, AACs are MPEG-4, which is darn good quality, and darn small file size. I would never use Windoze, and always like Linux. But for me, Mac OS X is a great UNIX, and is all I need it to be.
It would seem youhaven't taken a close enough look at Mac OS X.
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In the past six months, I've gotten over 60 mod points. (I say over 60 b/c I lost count.) Since Jan 1, I've got ten.
Innovative Idea:
An addition for the folder/file metaphor: catagories.
Previously: Folders have Files and Folders. The contents of a Folder is the union of all Files it has and all Folders it has. Names must be unique among a Folder's contents.
Now: Folders and Catagories have Files and Folders and catagories. The contents of a Folder or Catagory is the union of all Files it has, all Folders it has, and the contents of any Catagories it has. Names must be unique among a Folder's contents.
Folders remain the primary container, and Files the primary item. Catagories are a way to organize stuff inside a Folder. If a Folder is a Window, Catagories would be disclousure triangles inside a window.
Catagories could be implemented atop an existing filesystem by reserving a character that is unlikely to be used, say '>'. Then, if a filename is split upon the '>', and the last part is the filename. Previous parts would be the catagory hiarchey it is in.
Courier also has an integrated webmail server, which might be good in this situation (judging by previous comments.) It's virtual account/domain support is pretty good too, and since it does POP, IMAP, SMTP, and webmail, you only have to configure stuff once.
My $0.02
Yes, but if you're not root, it doesn't work for people who've mesg n'ed.
/etc/profile
Some systems mesg n my default. For those that don't, the admin can disable wall really easily in more than one way:
echo mesg n >>
chmod o-a `which wall`
Enjoy!
Just to let you know, at my school, things are a lot tougher than there. We've got a written policy, and knowledgable admins.
.bat file. Double-click it.
When people at my school net send'ed the entire network, (consiting of a computer in every classroom across two 1000-kid schools, the 20 computers in each school's library, 3 labs worth of computers in each, and then some), with messages more obnoxious that "Hey!", they got banned from the network for a while.
Net send isn't included in the policy.
Admins *have* disabled the commant prompt (some priviledge somewhere, cmd refuses to run), removed it from Start for all STUDENT\ users, disabled Start->Run, disabled commands in the address bar, etc. Yet there's a very simple way around this: I figured it out years ago so I could run pscp and other such goodies (part of PuTTY). Open notepad, type "@COMMAND", and save it as a
D'oh!
Any that has a toll-saver mode, like a Lucent 1715.
I agree with this: I'd take a two-button plus scroll-wheel-button mouse any day over a plain three-button or a (god forbid) two button. My real prefrence is that Logitech trackball. The thumb rolls the ball, and the fingers operate a left and right button, with a scroll-wheel-button in between. It's like a mouse, but instead of moving it, you use your thumb on the ball. It's really nice. There's a new even nicer wireless model that fits my hand better, but it's more expensive. ANYhow, this is just my $0.02
For the record, I actually do write my documents in HTML. Pure HTML 4.0 and CSS Level 2. It can get annoying at times, but it works, is completly cross-platform, and kinda fun.
Says me with my 10GB 3G iPod
Or have a question in the instaltion of the driver to chose one. Simple.
In instalation:
You will need to pick a USB ID for your device. Use a paper clip to position the switches on your device to a random position, and then use your mouse to adjust these switches to match:
**switches**
If, after you have installed a new USB device, this device begins to malfunction, simply re-pick a USB ID, and adjust the switches on the device, and [click Start->Setting->USB Manager|open the USB ID Manager from the Applications folder on your hard disk|run the adjusbid command]
I think the thing you might be referring to is *57. That's what Verizon uses; but you still have to call them or do something to actually getthe info later or do something about it.
Having something tied into the DNC list like you sugested is a great idea.
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Not if they know about editing the dock plist. :-)
I disagree.
.com and .net allocations to VeriSign's servers is one of the best things they could do. It would show people what happens what somebody violates the DNS specification. It would show people what would happen when a company gets too full of themselves. It would show people what would happen if the 'Net got unstandardized (more than it already is.) And it would generate more backslash than people have ever seen.
I think that removing the
All the way.
Actually, it's quite good. You'll note that it's emulating only the X11 libraries, really even only the X11 server itself. The slowdown of having X apps pass through that layer also occurs on Linux, *BSD, or any other OS. KDE and GNOME may be open standards, but they're not as nice-looking as Aqua, and the WindowServer that runs Apple's windowing system, is, AFAIK, part of Darwin, and thus open.
Darwin is not a kernel, Mach is the kernel. You'll note that it's the same micro-kernel that GNU Hurd uses, and if Hurd isn't Unix, what is (nowadays)? Darwin may be based on FreeBSD, but the kernel is Mach, which isn't. Also, you seem to be overlooking that most Linux programs are compiled for Intel processors, not PowerPCs. Thus, they wouldn't run anyways. However, most do compile with little or no modification. Netinfo is never used directly. Requests are handeled by lookupd, which uses Netinfo, but searches flat files (/etc/passwd, /etc/hosts, etc.) first. Netinfo also allows networks that share common printers, hosts, network configuration, users, mounts, etc. to be constructed easily. Unlike the registry, Netinfo is documented, and has manipulation utilities, for both the command line and the GUI. And, it's never gotten fscked up (for me.) Mac hardware may be expensive, but- it's better. Even the Linux people who use Linux on Macs agree it's faster, better, etc. on a Mac. Macs are more durable, featureful, more standard, and "just work" more and don't work less.
Okay, find music for that cheap on Linux (while still supporting the artisit. It's hard. The music industries wouldn't stand for a service without DRM, and you'll note Apple is pretty darn nice. Unlimited CD burns (but no more that 10 for the same playlist), 3 computers, unlimited iPods. Plus, AACs are MPEG-4, which is darn good quality, and darn small file size. I would never use Windoze, and always like Linux. But for me, Mac OS X is a great UNIX, and is all I need it to be.
It would seem youhaven't taken a close enough look at Mac OS X.
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Definetly. You may want to purchase it later into the one year free warenty though.
Sortof,
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Take a look at MacOSXHints, it's thriving.
but in the end they're both fruits. ;-)