Perhaps some kind of "shopping basket" download system on the Mozilla update site would be a good way to go.
Sounds like an excellent new extension...
See, that's the great thing about Firefox. If someone wants an extension like this, he himself could program it. Those that agree could use his extension and others could use the Firefox minimal default.
This is typical Apache vs IIS FUD, from the article:
"All software is imperfect, and as more and more users come to employ any given piece of software, more flaws will come to light. At the same time, as more people come to use a given piece of software, that group will become an increasingly interesting target to miscreants, who will actively seek out the exploitable flaws.
Both these trends mean that we'll be hearing of more and more security problems in non-IE browsers and non-Microsoft operating systems in the future. "
Excuse me, Apache is more secure than IIS and it has a 68.43% to 20.86% market share in Feb 2005 according to Netcraft.
I think this is band news for software users. For years and years in the mid-1990s, Photoshop could never make a transparent GIF for the Web. Users had to run a little freeware app that someone probably programmed in a weekend. Currently, users have to run a completely separate Image Ready outside of Photoshop to do this.
Coldfusion was really never integrated into any Macromedia products after Macromedia purchased Allaire. For years Macromedia has had both Homesite and Dreamweaver. I bet Freehand and Illustrator suffer the same fate, as well as Fireworks and Photoshop/ImageReady.
See a pattern here? Buy a software vendor but never really integrate anything. Just offer a hodge podge of related, overlapping software and call it "Studio" (eg, Adobe "Creative Suite" and Macromedia MX "Studio").
I've used Linux servers for a few years now and Debian is definitely my distro of choice. But, um, I've been using the same Debian Woody installation CDs for those few years...
Ubuntu rocks the desktop. I'm concerned that the original Debian distro will continue to go nowhere fast and that Ubuntu and Knoppix will have to fork or do something.
Let's not forget that IBM generates a lot of revenue from consulting services. I doubt the Cloudscape revenue was even close to IBM consulting services revenue.
"Imagine a world where computers become so ubiquitous that the idea of carrying a laptop will almost be laughable, a world where any computer could be your computer!"
um, what about keystroke loggers?
I carry around my laptop and I know that when I type in a password in Mozilla Firebox on my own laptop, the password is not going to be captured by some random computer kiosk or internet cafe computer.
All you need for a home installation is a NAT firewall connected to your cable modem/dsl. As long as your firewall is properly configured and no other computer on your NAT network is infected, you should be okay.
Jonathan Schwartz is Sun Microsystems' president and chief operating officer, not CEO as the title, "Sun CEO Schwartz Promises Open Source Solaris" suggests!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Intel went through something like this when AMD and Cyrix had "486 compatible" on their labels, and Intel went to court. Judge ruled: 486 too generic, which moved Intel to start naming their processors to Pentium and the like and trade mark it so somebody couldn't claim "Pentium compatible!" without getting into trouble.
So what about Microsoft SQL Server? Is that going to be the next trademark lawsuit? The Microsoft website lists a (TM) next to the name.
google should also make it capable of (optionally) searching palm desktop contact information, date book, etc. the palm desktop data files are not xml, or text, but binary.
MySQL was ruled out by the lead developers because of its lack of triggers and stored procedures. I'm sure it's very good for applications that are designed for it.
Did you see the planned development of version 5.0?
Let's not forget the security risks of running SQL Server, such as SQL Slammer.
okay, here is the official car talk response to my email:
Thanks for writing.
Yes, we know that some parts of our site have currently gone missing. We're in the process of moving the site to new servers.
And like moving, some stuff you throw out, some you toss into boxes to bring with you, and some stuff, the movers break! So there will be more stuff coming back over the next few months.
By the way, we surveyed thousands of our most loyal visitors-- our Time Kill Weekly subscribers (see http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?mailing_lis t=subscribe for more info), and we've started with the parts of the site they told us were most important to them. That stuff is up now, with more to come.
For the full details on what's going on, you can see
http://www.cartalk.com/changes.html
Over the coming months, we hope to steadily bring back some of the missing sections of the site. So, please check back periodically to see how we're doing. It's possible that some of the content you're looking for will be returning.
Thanks for bearing with us during this change, and thanks especially for your understanding.
Best,
Doug Mayer
Senior Web Lackey
Someone mentioned Real Alternative a few weeks ago. It was a godsend, because I now refuse to install realplayer.
I still have my downloaded REAL PLAYER 8 installer from circa 1999, with REAL JUKEBOX. That's the only RealPlayer I install. It's great, just before the REALONE player. But I still get annoying "a new version of real player is available" messages.
I know the site used to have archived "favorites" of many, many shows when it was hosted by cars.com. However, I don't see the favorite clips listed anymore...
I have a number of servers and custom applications configured to notify me by text message, in the event of a problem.
if you're getting emails or text messages on your personal cell phone, how about asking your boss to buy you a blackberry specifically for system admin emails? and get them to pay for the monthly fee. that's what i'd do.
Yep, I was shocked when I first played with MySql, having heard such good things about it, and discovered how many features it lacked that I consider essential to a serious database.
Have you seen versions 4.0, 4.1 or 5.0? True, 3.23 did lack many essential features.
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Check out Knoppix and the O'Reilly book Knoppix Hacks.
Perhaps some kind of "shopping basket" download system on the Mozilla update site would be a good way to go.
Sounds like an excellent new extension...
See, that's the great thing about Firefox. If someone wants an extension like this, he himself could program it. Those that agree could use his extension and others could use the Firefox minimal default.
This is typical Apache vs IIS FUD, from the article:
"All software is imperfect, and as more and more users come to employ any given piece of software, more flaws will come to light. At the same time, as more people come to use a given piece of software, that group will become an increasingly interesting target to miscreants, who will actively seek out the exploitable flaws.
Both these trends mean that we'll be hearing of more and more security problems in non-IE browsers and non-Microsoft operating systems in the future. "
Excuse me, Apache is more secure than IIS and it has a 68.43% to 20.86% market share in Feb 2005 according to Netcraft.
I think this is band news for software users. For years and years in the mid-1990s, Photoshop could never make a transparent GIF for the Web. Users had to run a little freeware app that someone probably programmed in a weekend. Currently, users have to run a completely separate Image Ready outside of Photoshop to do this.
Coldfusion was really never integrated into any Macromedia products after Macromedia purchased Allaire. For years Macromedia has had both Homesite and Dreamweaver. I bet Freehand and Illustrator suffer the same fate, as well as Fireworks and Photoshop/ImageReady.
See a pattern here? Buy a software vendor but never really integrate anything. Just offer a hodge podge of related, overlapping software and call it "Studio" (eg, Adobe "Creative Suite" and Macromedia MX "Studio").
Joel on Software has another set of relevant articles. See "Painless Functional Specifications" and "Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Debian project elect a new project leader more often than they release a new version?
... I refer you to my 2004 platform for further details.
Good point. Another item of concern is where the project leader refers everyone to his prior year's position statement:
Because my diagnosis of Debian's challenges has not significantly changed in the past year,
Nothing has changed in an entire year? No need to update Debian's position in light of Ubuntu or anything else?
I've used Linux servers for a few years now and Debian is definitely my distro of choice. But, um, I've been using the same Debian Woody installation CDs for those few years...
Ubuntu rocks the desktop. I'm concerned that the original Debian distro will continue to go nowhere fast and that Ubuntu and Knoppix will have to fork or do something.
Let's not forget that IBM generates a lot of revenue from consulting services. I doubt the Cloudscape revenue was even close to IBM consulting services revenue.
whoops, fireFox, not fireBox.
;)
but then again, wait a week and maybe the browswer will change names to fireBox...
"Imagine a world where computers become so ubiquitous that the idea of carrying a laptop will almost be laughable, a world where any computer could be your computer!"
um, what about keystroke loggers?
I carry around my laptop and I know that when I type in a password in Mozilla Firebox on my own laptop, the password is not going to be captured by some random computer kiosk or internet cafe computer.
More than anything the difference in terms of lawsuits is push and pull. Microsoft pushes their browser out, consumers have no choice in the matter.
Not to mention MSN is set to the default page for IE. How about about:blank for a change?
My favorite filter is:
http://*.amazon.com/images/*/goldbox/*
Since I created it, I haven't seen that annoying, shaking, gold box once!
All you need for a home installation is a NAT firewall connected to your cable modem/dsl. As long as your firewall is properly configured and no other computer on your NAT network is infected, you should be okay.
Jonathan Schwartz is Sun Microsystems' president and chief operating officer, not CEO as the title, "Sun CEO Schwartz Promises Open Source Solaris" suggests!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Intel went through something like this when AMD and Cyrix had "486 compatible" on their labels, and Intel went to court. Judge ruled: 486 too generic, which moved Intel to start naming their processors to Pentium and the like and trade mark it so somebody couldn't claim "Pentium compatible!" without getting into trouble.
So what about Microsoft SQL Server? Is that going to be the next trademark lawsuit? The Microsoft website lists a (TM) next to the name.
How much more generic a term could it be?
google should also make it capable of (optionally) searching palm desktop contact information, date book, etc. the palm desktop data files are not xml, or text, but binary.
For the Palm, use the free YAPS 2.5, YAPS, Yet Another Password Safe.
I use one password for anything I don't really care about (/. login)
/. login isn't through SSL. So I wouldn't use the same password for /. as for Citibank, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but
the CNN article mentions SnapStream software for $60...
What about MythTV?? for free!
MySQL was ruled out by the lead developers because of its lack of triggers and stored procedures. I'm sure it's very good for applications that are designed for it.
Did you see the planned development of version 5.0?
Let's not forget the security risks of running SQL Server, such as SQL Slammer.
okay, here is the official car talk response to my email:
s t=subscribe for more info), and we've started with the parts of the site they told us were most important to them. That stuff is up now, with more to come.
For the full details on what's going on, you can see
http://www.cartalk.com/changes.html
Over the coming months, we hope to steadily bring back some of the missing sections of the site. So, please check back periodically to see how we're doing. It's possible that some of the content you're looking for will be returning.
Thanks for bearing with us during this change, and thanks especially for your understanding.
Best,
Doug Mayer
Senior Web Lackey
Thanks for writing. Yes, we know that some parts of our site have currently gone missing. We're in the process of moving the site to new servers. And like moving, some stuff you throw out, some you toss into boxes to bring with you, and some stuff, the movers break! So there will be more stuff coming back over the next few months. By the way, we surveyed thousands of our most loyal visitors-- our Time Kill Weekly subscribers (see http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?mailing_li
Someone mentioned Real Alternative a few weeks ago. It was a godsend, because I now refuse to install realplayer.
I still have my downloaded REAL PLAYER 8 installer from circa 1999, with REAL JUKEBOX. That's the only RealPlayer I install. It's great, just before the REALONE player. But I still get annoying "a new version of real player is available" messages.
The current week's show is available here.
I know the site used to have archived "favorites" of many, many shows when it was hosted by cars.com. However, I don't see the favorite clips listed anymore...
I have a number of servers and custom applications configured to notify me by text message, in the event of a problem.
if you're getting emails or text messages on your personal cell phone, how about asking your boss to buy you a blackberry specifically for system admin emails? and get them to pay for the monthly fee. that's what i'd do.
Yep, I was shocked when I first played with MySql, having heard such good things about it, and discovered how many features it lacked that I consider essential to a serious database.
Have you seen versions 4.0, 4.1 or 5.0? True, 3.23 did lack many essential features.