The only reason its 106 days is because Microsoft doesn't send out patches when available but makes them 'convenient' on patch Tuesdays. If they felt like it, they could release that patch today.
I use NTPD's ntpdate on boot to sync my clock and then leave it running while the system is up to manage drift.
On the LANs I administer, I usually configure at least one box as an NTP server for the network so I don't have everyone and their dog sending unnecessary UDP packets out to the Interwebs.
XHTML sucks because websites are not well-defined as content; they're a mix of content and software and layout (unfortunately) and therefore a single XML file doesn't well describe what it needs to contain. If HTML were replaced by a whole new content system, it could be well-defined and described by XML but HTML isn't it.
You have a remote APC UPS and you need to configure some obscure option through their stupid GUI application (and can't find the serial protocol reference). You want to configure a remote printer that has a JAVA interface that's slow and won't properly load over a port forward. You have an X app you normally just forward through SSH but you're on a terrible connection and don't want the app to keep getting killed by reconnecting. You want to verify how the Intranet page loads locally to the user without taking over someone's desktop. Some asinine printer driver comes with a GUI installer and you just really need to get through it once.
Dell is actively selling every new business machine with Windows 7 Pro as an option (in fact, by default). They have been all year. I sell quite a few of these.
That worked for me until I started uploading photos to Flickr and realized how powerful tags are for searching and organizing. I'd much rather have something equivalent for my local filesystem.
You can write network code in Java, certainly a lot of people do, but its lack of unsigned types makes simple network address/mask calculations much more complicated than necessary.
You can implement a 3D game in Python, but its interpreter and memory management is going to make it much less efficient than the same game in C++.
You certainly could write a gene sequencing package entirely in ARM assembly language, but it would be hell to debug and would take a lot longer than necessary.
Just because every Turing complete language is functional doesn't make them equivalently suitable for specific uses.
So true. Years ago I attempted to be an active participant in the Gnome UI group -- it turns out unless we agreed with the leaders, our opinions were invalid anyway.
The problem with Open Source is frequently also its detriment -- pretty good software written by a handful of brilliant people who have the social aptitude of a small snail. When others then try to join and change the project, they have absolutely no way or willingness to assimilate those comments and suggestions into the actual software.
I say this as a programmer myself who really hates having to deal with users some days, but without their input, most all software would suck.
We also use hard drives for backups. We make sure we do weekly read tests on drives and that the data is actually valid. We also run a SMART check on each backup disk before it is used and replace and destroy the ones that fail. The only bad part about hard drive backups is secure high speed interfaces for off-site devices.
It allows for disaster recovery like hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. where locality is an issue. If your backups are all near each other physically then a large-scale disaster will wipe out all your data.
Slashdot Mirror
You might want to update your brand-hate slightly.
Asus: http://www.asus.com/ca-en/Note...
Toshiba: http://www.cnet.com/products/k...
Samsung I know nothing about however ...
Going to the mall is a PITA if you don't live near one. Not everyone does.
Dell will send a tech *anywhere* in North America at least.
There's nothing stopping you from creating a steam user and executing steam as that user with sudo.
The only reason its 106 days is because Microsoft doesn't send out patches when available but makes them 'convenient' on patch Tuesdays. If they felt like it, they could release that patch today.
I use NTPD's ntpdate on boot to sync my clock and then leave it running while the system is up to manage drift.
On the LANs I administer, I usually configure at least one box as an NTP server for the network so I don't have everyone and their dog sending unnecessary UDP packets out to the Interwebs.
I assumed it was a troll myself, and giggled 'haha, systemd with an ntp client, lolz" and then boom, mind blown, there really is one? jeez.
XHTML sucks because websites are not well-defined as content; they're a mix of content and software and layout (unfortunately) and therefore a single XML file doesn't well describe what it needs to contain. If HTML were replaced by a whole new content system, it could be well-defined and described by XML but HTML isn't it.
You do realize that (sadly) VNC over a port forward is both more stable and faster than most SSH X11 forwards.
My daughter bought a Walkman brand digital music player five years ago. They didn't reintroduce it last year.
You have a remote APC UPS and you need to configure some obscure option through their stupid GUI application (and can't find the serial protocol reference).
You want to configure a remote printer that has a JAVA interface that's slow and won't properly load over a port forward.
You have an X app you normally just forward through SSH but you're on a terrible connection and don't want the app to keep getting killed by reconnecting.
You want to verify how the Intranet page loads locally to the user without taking over someone's desktop.
Some asinine printer driver comes with a GUI installer and you just really need to get through it once.
Why did you even reply to my post?
I'm not sure who you think you're explaining all that to but it wasn't me.
From the documents I saw, they're cracking passwords and pre-shared keys in SSH and IPSec not keyed connections.
Why do you ask easy questions?
I just want to import my old world scenario into Dragon's Age ... :-(
HTML is widely used because it gets developers around all the distribution and security issues of distributing real compiled software to their users.
Dell is actively selling every new business machine with Windows 7 Pro as an option (in fact, by default). They have been all year. I sell quite a few of these.
That worked for me until I started uploading photos to Flickr and realized how powerful tags are for searching and organizing. I'd much rather have something equivalent for my local filesystem.
Actually they are still selling it. You can buy it on brand new business machines today.
People have also written 3D games in LISP; that doesn't make it optimal.
Linux certainly isn't obscure, or you're being sarcastic and suck at it ...
These overtime rule exemptions exist here in Ontario, Canada too ... and they're quite irritating.
You can write network code in Java, certainly a lot of people do, but its lack of unsigned types makes simple network address/mask calculations much more complicated than necessary.
You can implement a 3D game in Python, but its interpreter and memory management is going to make it much less efficient than the same game in C++.
You certainly could write a gene sequencing package entirely in ARM assembly language, but it would be hell to debug and would take a lot longer than necessary.
Just because every Turing complete language is functional doesn't make them equivalently suitable for specific uses.
So true. Years ago I attempted to be an active participant in the Gnome UI group -- it turns out unless we agreed with the leaders, our opinions were invalid anyway.
The problem with Open Source is frequently also its detriment -- pretty good software written by a handful of brilliant people who have the social aptitude of a small snail. When others then try to join and change the project, they have absolutely no way or willingness to assimilate those comments and suggestions into the actual software.
I say this as a programmer myself who really hates having to deal with users some days, but without their input, most all software would suck.
We also use hard drives for backups. We make sure we do weekly read tests on drives and that the data is actually valid. We also run a SMART check on each backup disk before it is used and replace and destroy the ones that fail. The only bad part about hard drive backups is secure high speed interfaces for off-site devices.
It allows for disaster recovery like hurricanes, earthquakes, etc. where locality is an issue. If your backups are all near each other physically then a large-scale disaster will wipe out all your data.