Yes. The Army uses a 'Rapid Fielding Initiative' to ensure that the soldiers get equipment when we need it, and not the 'years after the fact'. The Army totally changed the way it did business in this war, as opposed to waiting an unbelievably long time for an idea to be implemented, we are seeing ideas implemented within a few months of being tested.
..But isn't the internet essentially defined by the US websites? I realize that there are other countries on the World Wide Web, but for the life of me, I've yet to visit on in my daily surfing travels. Hell, even the gaming servers I use are in the U.S. I fail to see how I will be significantly affected by this -- but do remember that I have no 'personal' ties to anyone outside of the US.
1. How many 'high severity' bugs did IE have to fix to get to that point? Remember also that IE is integrated into Windows, so any vulnerability that affects Windows affects IE in one way or another (and vice versa).
2. How many have been disclosed by Microsoft before being fixed? They are notorious for not disclosing these things until after it is fixed, and even then they don't always label it as a "IE" fix.
With this data, any FPS can be made MMO. This is important, because S.O.E. (Sony Online Entertainment) would have you believe that it takes years of development and hundreds of thousands of dollars to accomplish -- and to not even be that good at it, IIRC. Planetside flat out sucked, and it failed to be what they wanted it to be -- but if you take something like Battlefield 2, and extend it across 4 or 5 servers, you then have the propensity for actual battles between hordes of people, something that Planetside only claimed to have, but was never popular enough to actually do.
The thesis of the article is that rank-and-file employees will tend to engage in dangerous/insecure/irresponsible computing and internet behavior if they know that there's an IT department to clean up the mess.
That's like saying that Traffic light signals are bad because motorists simply learn how to time the red light to speed through them.
I think this is more like if I were to take an old book (or collection of old books) and store them together in a single publically accessible place (hmmm like a library).
That's where the difference between internet material (bits and bytes, stored together in a specific manner) and books (physical matter) comes in. With a book, I can put that book into a collection -- but it requires me to buy that book. With the internet, I can make a copy of your work without ever having to 'own' a copy of your work. These copies can be made ad infinitum and distributed until my heart's content. I need not have a physical copy of your work.
A book is a physical object, you can reference a book as long as you do not republish it in its entirety. The internet isn't a physical object, it's a collection of bytes arranged in a specific manner. It's that collection that makes it simple to take someone elses work and republish it, almost effortlessly.
The law has the ugly job of sorting out what constitutes copyright infringement -- republishing a website, perhaps? With the internet, it has become infinitely easier to republish works in their entirety, and hence the lawsuit. If they are guilty of anything, it is not of just 'referencing' a work, it is of taking that work, and republishing it without the authorization of its author. (heh, gotta love the wordplay)
To bring all of this to a point, it's as if I took your old book, put it into a book that talks about old stuff, and recopied everything, verbatim.
Let's face it, one method won't fit all, so I hope your search proves fruitful. That said, here's what I do.
I have a 'cheap' system (sub 500) that acts as my data server. It houses 3 DVDrom drives, and a DVDRW drive, as well 1 200 GB drive. (the processor speed and ram really aren't too important, but for curiousity, it's an athlon 2000+ with 512 meg of ram). It runs gentoo, and I essentially pull the files to burn to DVD over the network weekly, and I keep the stuff I don't access alot on DVD, and the stuff I do access alot on HD -- but I primarily use the HD for holding images waiting to be burned.
Opera is configured by default to identify itself as Internet Explorer'
*Why* in the world would a company want their browser to show up as Internet Explorer? The only possible reason is so that websites don't cough when it asks for 'IE 6.x or better', and even that is a thing of the (not so distant) past. Web developers *should* be developing across the board, not just for the IE group.
Even worse for Opera is the fact that since their browsers are supposed to show up as IE, they are inflating IE's statistics, and lowering their own, in effect, shooting themselves in the foot.
I'm afraid not. LCDs are very expensive, and with the current level of technology (dead pixels, et. al.), the cost doesn't justify the product. So what if the Resolution is higher? How many people use a dual display? The average joe -- or even average geek -- could build 2 systems for the cost of this one monitor.
Unless you are into digital editing, or watching TV on your PC, this dual monitor bit is nothing more than a rich man's folly.
you can buy a new replacement battery for the iPod from any number of vendors very cheaply and easily, or even have Apple replace it for you if you want.
You can't buy a 'replacement' battery, you can only buy an extra battery that hooks up through the data port. The whole basis of the lawsuit (and the settlement) is the fact that you can't replace the battery on an iPod.
The ability to change settings without rebooting? Gee, that was the tag line of the dynamic.vxd's in Windows 95. Again, we were told the same in Windows 98, and ultimately we were guarenteed a month of uptime in WindowsXP before the need to reboot. I've successfully reached the month of no-reboot time for XP, but only when I don't update anything, at all. I hope Longhorn finally delivers on the 10 year old promises given to us by the 'technology providers' of Microsoft.
I am registered on the Gentoo Forums site, and was especially interested in the SELinux section. Most notably, I currently run an FTP server for a gaming group I belong to, and would rather host a webserver for the same thing. Secure downloads, a small but definite plus in belonging to a gaming clans. (I *hate* trying to get downloads off of fileplanet et. al. these days) Gentoo is my means to an end. While I know Red Hat Linux, I'm disappointed in the lack of knowledge I really need to get the system to do what I need to. In contrast, with a Stage 1 install from Gentoo, I'm not only getting my feet wet, but I'm nearly in over my head. Exactly where I want to be. As a Windows IT guy (when I play that way, currently I'm in another profession) I'd love to transition someone from the Windows side of the house to the Linux side of the house. Bastille just gives me another reason to make that case, especially with Microsoft's many screw ups in the arena of security.
I'm pretty stoked about this. Of course, this is the first time I've even *heard* about Bastille Linux, but as a Windows IT guy that wants to move to linux (gentoo, here I come?), I'm glad to see these innovations and changes.
On a related note, if Windows made updates/innovations at this rate, I highly doubt that there would be this much criticism towards them. It's amazing that a company that hosts the richest man in the world can't cope with the innovation of an 'inferior' (I'm being facetious here, not trolling) business model.
So what you're saying is that the majority of Americans polled have no frigging clue what "Freedom" is all about, even though they support elected leaders that use it as a pro-word?
As a citizen soldier, I think I'm gonna be sick.
This link from the Firfox FAQ answers why that happens. It isn't Firefox's fault, but it is adobe's fault. If you follow that link, you'll see adobe pages load (on a broadband connection) in mere seconds.
Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither. -- Thomas Jefferson
The Freedom of Information Act is another check in the checks and balances of our nation. Specifically, it insures that the people (for whom the government is supposed to serve) have control over the government, and not the other way around. The whole terrorism bit is simply an excuse to keep the people from controlling their government.
That isn't to say that terrorism doesn't exist -- it does. What I am saying is that sacrificing our liberty for security isn't the best way to combat terrorism, although it is the best way to give us an Orwellian society.
No 'troll' at all, Dorothy. While you two IT guys may be the token Slashdot readers and real movers and shakers among your group, the sad truth is that Windows IT as a whole is based not around expertise, but by cost. After having played support monkey for IT people, helping them because they have no clue about anything other than the recovery console in XP, I can say with certainty that while this solution is a real help, it won't have widespread acceptance for two reasons, the first being that Windows IT'rs as a whole do not use linux, and the second being that a far easier solution in the learning curve is for them to recover using the 'old' methods, instead of something as hip as Knoppix.
Great sig, btw.
I don't think Microsoft will be endorsing this any time soon, and most Microsoft ITs don't even know that you can use a linux system to diagnose Windows problems. Unfortunatly, this is a case where it's a neat tidbit of information, but don't expect it to gain widespread use until the major news sources do a report on it, a la Firefox, and the IE debacle.
It's hard to think that a webcomic could do so well. Having been a faithful reader of yours for the past 3 years (including having my fiance send me your comics while I was in Iraq), I can see that you guys somehow made lemonade out of what a normal business person would call lemons. Since there are a plethora of gaming review pages out there, what are the percentages of how you make your money? Do you make it mostly from the website? Reviews? PA store? conventions?
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Yes. The Army uses a 'Rapid Fielding Initiative' to ensure that the soldiers get equipment when we need it, and not the 'years after the fact'. The Army totally changed the way it did business in this war, as opposed to waiting an unbelievably long time for an idea to be implemented, we are seeing ideas implemented within a few months of being tested.
Geeks Popping a Cap in... Oh, wait...
..But isn't the internet essentially defined by the US websites? I realize that there are other countries on the World Wide Web, but for the life of me, I've yet to visit on in my daily surfing travels. Hell, even the gaming servers I use are in the U.S. I fail to see how I will be significantly affected by this -- but do remember that I have no 'personal' ties to anyone outside of the US.
Two points to consider:
1. How many 'high severity' bugs did IE have to fix to get to that point? Remember also that IE is integrated into Windows, so any vulnerability that affects Windows affects IE in one way or another (and vice versa).
2. How many have been disclosed by Microsoft before being fixed? They are notorious for not disclosing these things until after it is fixed, and even then they don't always label it as a "IE" fix.
With this data, any FPS can be made MMO. This is important, because S.O.E. (Sony Online Entertainment) would have you believe that it takes years of development and hundreds of thousands of dollars to accomplish -- and to not even be that good at it, IIRC. Planetside flat out sucked, and it failed to be what they wanted it to be -- but if you take something like Battlefield 2, and extend it across 4 or 5 servers, you then have the propensity for actual battles between hordes of people, something that Planetside only claimed to have, but was never popular enough to actually do.
"Windows Break"
A book is a physical object, you can reference a book as long as you do not republish it in its entirety. The internet isn't a physical object, it's a collection of bytes arranged in a specific manner. It's that collection that makes it simple to take someone elses work and republish it, almost effortlessly.
The law has the ugly job of sorting out what constitutes copyright infringement -- republishing a website, perhaps? With the internet, it has become infinitely easier to republish works in their entirety, and hence the lawsuit. If they are guilty of anything, it is not of just 'referencing' a work, it is of taking that work, and republishing it without the authorization of its author. (heh, gotta love the wordplay)
To bring all of this to a point, it's as if I took your old book, put it into a book that talks about old stuff, and recopied everything, verbatim.
Let's face it, one method won't fit all, so I hope your search proves fruitful. That said, here's what I do.
I have a 'cheap' system (sub 500) that acts as my data server. It houses 3 DVDrom drives, and a DVDRW drive, as well 1 200 GB drive. (the processor speed and ram really aren't too important, but for curiousity, it's an athlon 2000+ with 512 meg of ram). It runs gentoo, and I essentially pull the files to burn to DVD over the network weekly, and I keep the stuff I don't access alot on DVD, and the stuff I do access alot on HD -- but I primarily use the HD for holding images waiting to be burned.
Even worse for Opera is the fact that since their browsers are supposed to show up as IE, they are inflating IE's statistics, and lowering their own, in effect, shooting themselves in the foot.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all...
With that said: Would you like cheese with your whine, Theo?
Unless you are into digital editing, or watching TV on your PC, this dual monitor bit is nothing more than a rich man's folly.
The ability to change settings without rebooting? Gee, that was the tag line of the dynamic .vxd's in Windows 95. Again, we were told the same in Windows 98, and ultimately we were guarenteed a month of uptime in WindowsXP before the need to reboot. I've successfully reached the month of no-reboot time for XP, but only when I don't update anything, at all. I hope Longhorn finally delivers on the 10 year old promises given to us by the 'technology providers' of Microsoft.
I am registered on the Gentoo Forums site, and was especially interested in the SELinux section. Most notably, I currently run an FTP server for a gaming group I belong to, and would rather host a webserver for the same thing. Secure downloads, a small but definite plus in belonging to a gaming clans. (I *hate* trying to get downloads off of fileplanet et. al. these days) Gentoo is my means to an end. While I know Red Hat Linux, I'm disappointed in the lack of knowledge I really need to get the system to do what I need to. In contrast, with a Stage 1 install from Gentoo, I'm not only getting my feet wet, but I'm nearly in over my head. Exactly where I want to be. As a Windows IT guy (when I play that way, currently I'm in another profession) I'd love to transition someone from the Windows side of the house to the Linux side of the house. Bastille just gives me another reason to make that case, especially with Microsoft's many screw ups in the arena of security.
I'm pretty stoked about this. Of course, this is the first time I've even *heard* about Bastille Linux, but as a Windows IT guy that wants to move to linux (gentoo, here I come?), I'm glad to see these innovations and changes.
On a related note, if Windows made updates/innovations at this rate, I highly doubt that there would be this much criticism towards them. It's amazing that a company that hosts the richest man in the world can't cope with the innovation of an 'inferior' (I'm being facetious here, not trolling) business model.
So what you're saying is that the majority of Americans polled have no frigging clue what "Freedom" is all about, even though they support elected leaders that use it as a pro-word? As a citizen soldier, I think I'm gonna be sick.
Come on guys, now you are just wasting bandwidth.
Dear Mr. Hopkins,
Fuck off.
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This link from the Firfox FAQ answers why that happens. It isn't Firefox's fault, but it is adobe's fault. If you follow that link, you'll see adobe pages load (on a broadband connection) in mere seconds.
Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither. -- Thomas Jefferson The Freedom of Information Act is another check in the checks and balances of our nation. Specifically, it insures that the people (for whom the government is supposed to serve) have control over the government, and not the other way around. The whole terrorism bit is simply an excuse to keep the people from controlling their government. That isn't to say that terrorism doesn't exist -- it does. What I am saying is that sacrificing our liberty for security isn't the best way to combat terrorism, although it is the best way to give us an Orwellian society.
No 'troll' at all, Dorothy. While you two IT guys may be the token Slashdot readers and real movers and shakers among your group, the sad truth is that Windows IT as a whole is based not around expertise, but by cost. After having played support monkey for IT people, helping them because they have no clue about anything other than the recovery console in XP, I can say with certainty that while this solution is a real help, it won't have widespread acceptance for two reasons, the first being that Windows IT'rs as a whole do not use linux, and the second being that a far easier solution in the learning curve is for them to recover using the 'old' methods, instead of something as hip as Knoppix. Great sig, btw.
I don't think Microsoft will be endorsing this any time soon, and most Microsoft ITs don't even know that you can use a linux system to diagnose Windows problems. Unfortunatly, this is a case where it's a neat tidbit of information, but don't expect it to gain widespread use until the major news sources do a report on it, a la Firefox, and the IE debacle.
It's hard to think that a webcomic could do so well. Having been a faithful reader of yours for the past 3 years (including having my fiance send me your comics while I was in Iraq), I can see that you guys somehow made lemonade out of what a normal business person would call lemons. Since there are a plethora of gaming review pages out there, what are the percentages of how you make your money? Do you make it mostly from the website? Reviews? PA store? conventions?