So... if they're posting this in the Windows store...
and the Microsoft Surface 1, which has been a dead-end device for years, has access to the Microsoft store...
*checks Tegra 3 architecture*...goddamnit.
You know, that's always how I pronounced it, and I thought of Al Roker, but more than anything... I thought of Family Guy's Quahog television station's weather man...
IT GONNA RAIN!
Yes, it really is unlimited.
I have used it for about 8 months, and while the latency is bad (400 - 800ms or so), i can download from say, a fast ftp server at about 9kbps.
Web browsing isn't too bad, just turn off the graphics and it's very quick.
I can even play Command & Conquer: Generals on it with 600ms ping times.:)
Really though, it truly is $19.99 for unlimited.
Hey hey hey, I "know" these answers, but I want to hear their answers, and actual applications of these answers.:)
Especially the overseas programming implimentation.
Very simply, do overseas workers cause more problems than they create?
When it comes to programming, coordinating projects between two centers in different facilities in a single country is hard enough. Adding culture and language differences to the mix while not being able to have direct and on-site meetings to architect a complex program, is that a recipe for disaster?
With overseas call centers, do you keep enough future customers due to deficiencies in customer support to make it financially viable to continue offshoring support?
How do you cooordinate high-level management objectives with an office across the world?
Then we look at YaST's tools for maintaining a system. Easy to understand, more comprehensive then the KDE Control Panel... that's something anaconda doesn't even touch.
I didn't think about that.:)
So, either you use YaST, or you edit config files manually, but no combination of the two really works.
I boot off the DVD, and I get a whopping five step process that takes me through everything from network configuration, partitioning, and hardware configuration AS WELL as choosing a password for root and another user.
Incredible. Combined with hotplug even X configuration may not be necessary. This really could put the barriers to installing, configuring, and beginning to use Linux (for the general public of course) to rest.
But, what about the Anaconda installer? Relatively simple install and relatively problem free. Not quite as "pretty" as SuSE has made YaST, but it does the job just as well. Then why hasn't Anaconda become a defacto standard? (Though, look at installing Gentoo from binary stages and GRP packages through Anaconda... looks damn good)
So, why does Mandrake choose to make their own installer? Why do other "user-friendly" distributions choose to use other installers? What are the deficiencies in Anaconda that have not attracted others to this install process? Are those same deficiencies non-existent in YaST?
Therefore, I pose the question:
Anaconda vs. YaST : All other variables made equal, which is easier to use as a user, and which is easier to implement as a distro developer?
This game referenced environmentalism, albeit in a more subtle way...
I've always hoped for a game on addiction though... the longer you're addicted, the faster you have to tap the buttons to get the same high...
As much as I love OS X (sitting on it right now), it is not "infection-proof".
BSD/OS X is just as vulnerable to hacking as any other Unix system if left unpatched and unmaintained.
Just because there hasn't been a working worm written for BSD/OS X doesn't mean there won't be one.
PLUS, -just- having an updated AntiVirus doesn't solve the problem! It's the patch level too, it's the non-configured software or hardware firewalls, it's the complete dearth of knowledge of the basics of computer security! Everyone has to learn to drive, so everyone has to learn to keep things at a baseline level of security.
Why don't you do your part and instead of calling people stupid, educate those you know, and tell them to educate others?
The problem with that, is some activities infringe on the freedoms of others. In my humble opinion (and I really mean that), once you start infringing on the freedoms of others on the Internet by your activity (or inactivity to solve your virus problem), you lose your access.
The biggest problem with all these worms is that they don't just infect a single computer, they spread, threatening thousands of people per computer infected (if not more). That's not fair to the others on the Internet.
Bottom Line: If you can't keep your computer from pounding mine, AND reducing the total amount of bandwidth available to me on the network and on our node, then you don't deserve access until you've rectified the situation.
If it's poor grandma who gets cutoff... she wouldn't be able to solve the problem herself even if she did have Internet access. Do you really expect her to update her virus definitions, grab the necessary Windows Updates, boot into safe mode, disable System Restore, run the VirusScan, remove everything, then run the Windows Updates, THEN reboot into regular mode?
That's a lot to expect of -anyone- unfortunately. It's not a hard process to follow, but computers intimidate the most intelligent people out there... (sigh)
Exactly, I'm -not- the admin. I don't sit in the middle of the entire network, I simply am in an isolated fringe where I don't pick up much cursory traffic. However, the admins are so overworked (Department understaffed, budget cuts, etc...) that submitting a nice e-mail letting them know what IPs/MAC's are affected,... I might get a cookie.:)
I also don't have the luxurt of running a device or thin 'nix client near the outgoing channels to pick anything up, so... I just help anytime I can.
When will they post a website that has an engine that will allow us to submit IP addresses / MAC addresses to find out whether they are infected?
I have the entire IP table of where I work... knowing what machines have been compromised through trojans would be helpful...
Either way... Go Heise!
From what you describe, PortabilityKit will allow anything programmed for OpenStep/GNUStep to also work for OS X.
Is there a program that allows Zaurus firmware 3.10 syncing to a system running a GNUStep/OpenStep environment or program built on GNUStep that I don't know about?:)
As excited as this makes me, it's tough to hear.
I purchased a Zaurus SL-5500 almost a year ago, and I waited... 6 months for firmware 2.38 to be syncable with anything on OS X, and even then I had to use Qtopia Desktop for everything (As opposed to Ximian Evolution or Microsoft Entourage).
Then Firmware 3.10 broke sync ability. I gave up 6 months later and sold it.
I would LOVE to purchase one again now that it's close to running openstep apps, however...
Not without either a Microsoft Entourage or Ximian Evolution sync solution!
However, it hasn't shipped. In fact, CDW is starting to wonder what happened and why they haven't received stock.
So, short answer, yes! You can order a Palm watch now. Long answer: I have no idea when it will be available.
Why do I want a Palm watch? I don't just want phone numbers... I want calendar, and reminders. I want data input and true synchronization with both Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Entourage for OS X. Nothing else out there comes close to the functionality of this Palm Watch, for such a small size. It even runs regular Palm 4.1 compatible problems...
IF IT EVER SHIPS!!!
So, please, tell me if you see another similar watch elsewhere. I'll order.:)
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So... if they're posting this in the Windows store... and the Microsoft Surface 1, which has been a dead-end device for years, has access to the Microsoft store... *checks Tegra 3 architecture* ...goddamnit.
I was in on the second test in the -world- for Cable Modems, and back then it was a full 10mbit up and down.
Today it's a full 10mbit down, 768k up for the "higher" tier of service for a little more money than back "in the day".
I'm pretty satisfied with my speeds now, just been having Vonage problems lately.
The last few days I've been having real problems with OUTGOING Vonage calls, but incoming Vonage calls have been ok.
Outgoing calls are extremely choppy and cutout in the middle of words, but I can hear the other person without a problem.
You know, that's always how I pronounced it, and I thought of Al Roker, but more than anything... I thought of Family Guy's Quahog television station's weather man... IT GONNA RAIN!
Yes, it really is unlimited. I have used it for about 8 months, and while the latency is bad (400 - 800ms or so), i can download from say, a fast ftp server at about 9kbps. Web browsing isn't too bad, just turn off the graphics and it's very quick. I can even play Command & Conquer: Generals on it with 600ms ping times. :)
Really though, it truly is $19.99 for unlimited.
I was going to post an original reply... but you seem to have gotten it right. :)
Use "Adblock" from adblock.mozdev.org and filter *doubleclick*. You have a problem, try solving it yourself before complaining.
Hey hey hey, I "know" these answers, but I want to hear their answers, and actual applications of these answers. :)
Especially the overseas programming implimentation.
Very simply, do overseas workers cause more problems than they create? When it comes to programming, coordinating projects between two centers in different facilities in a single country is hard enough. Adding culture and language differences to the mix while not being able to have direct and on-site meetings to architect a complex program, is that a recipe for disaster? With overseas call centers, do you keep enough future customers due to deficiencies in customer support to make it financially viable to continue offshoring support? How do you cooordinate high-level management objectives with an office across the world?
Fair enough...
:)
Then we look at YaST's tools for maintaining a system. Easy to understand, more comprehensive then the KDE Control Panel... that's something anaconda doesn't even touch.
I didn't think about that.
So, either you use YaST, or you edit config files manually, but no combination of the two really works.
(Walks off to ponder)
So, alright...
:
I purchase SuSE 9.0 Professional, DVD.
I boot off the DVD, and I get a whopping five step process that takes me through everything from network configuration, partitioning, and hardware configuration AS WELL as choosing a password for root and another user.
Incredible. Combined with hotplug even X configuration may not be necessary. This really could put the barriers to installing, configuring, and beginning to use Linux (for the general public of course) to rest.
But, what about the Anaconda installer?
Relatively simple install and relatively problem free. Not quite as "pretty" as SuSE has made YaST, but it does the job just as well. Then why hasn't Anaconda become a defacto standard? (Though, look at installing Gentoo from binary stages and GRP packages through Anaconda... looks damn good)
So, why does Mandrake choose to make their own installer? Why do other "user-friendly" distributions choose to use other installers? What are the deficiencies in Anaconda that have not attracted others to this install process? Are those same deficiencies non-existent in YaST?
Therefore, I pose the question
Anaconda vs. YaST : All other variables made equal, which is easier to use as a user, and which is easier to implement as a distro developer?
This game referenced environmentalism, albeit in a more subtle way... I've always hoped for a game on addiction though... the longer you're addicted, the faster you have to tap the buttons to get the same high...
Same here brother!!!
(Excessively long and sappy hug goes here)
Oh come on now...
As much as I love OS X (sitting on it right now), it is not "infection-proof".
BSD/OS X is just as vulnerable to hacking as any other Unix system if left unpatched and unmaintained.
Just because there hasn't been a working worm written for BSD/OS X doesn't mean there won't be one.
PLUS, -just- having an updated AntiVirus doesn't solve the problem! It's the patch level too, it's the non-configured software or hardware firewalls, it's the complete dearth of knowledge of the basics of computer security! Everyone has to learn to drive, so everyone has to learn to keep things at a baseline level of security.
Why don't you do your part and instead of calling people stupid, educate those you know, and tell them to educate others?
The fundamental conflict here is freedom.
Freedom of access no matter what the activity.
The problem with that, is some activities infringe on the freedoms of others. In my humble opinion (and I really mean that), once you start infringing on the freedoms of others on the Internet by your activity (or inactivity to solve your virus problem), you lose your access.
The biggest problem with all these worms is that they don't just infect a single computer, they spread, threatening thousands of people per computer infected (if not more). That's not fair to the others on the Internet.
Bottom Line: If you can't keep your computer from pounding mine, AND reducing the total amount of bandwidth available to me on the network and on our node, then you don't deserve access until you've rectified the situation.
If it's poor grandma who gets cutoff... she wouldn't be able to solve the problem herself even if she did have Internet access. Do you really expect her to update her virus definitions, grab the necessary Windows Updates, boot into safe mode, disable System Restore, run the VirusScan, remove everything, then run the Windows Updates, THEN reboot into regular mode?
That's a lot to expect of -anyone- unfortunately. It's not a hard process to follow, but computers intimidate the most intelligent people out there... (sigh)
Exactly, I'm -not- the admin. I don't sit in the middle of the entire network, I simply am in an isolated fringe where I don't pick up much cursory traffic. However, the admins are so overworked (Department understaffed, budget cuts, etc...) that submitting a nice e-mail letting them know what IPs/MAC's are affected,... I might get a cookie. :)
I also don't have the luxurt of running a device or thin 'nix client near the outgoing channels to pick anything up, so... I just help anytime I can.
When will they post a website that has an engine that will allow us to submit IP addresses / MAC addresses to find out whether they are infected? I have the entire IP table of where I work... knowing what machines have been compromised through trojans would be helpful... Either way... Go Heise!
From what you describe, PortabilityKit will allow anything programmed for OpenStep/GNUStep to also work for OS X. Is there a program that allows Zaurus firmware 3.10 syncing to a system running a GNUStep/OpenStep environment or program built on GNUStep that I don't know about? :)
As excited as this makes me, it's tough to hear. I purchased a Zaurus SL-5500 almost a year ago, and I waited... 6 months for firmware 2.38 to be syncable with anything on OS X, and even then I had to use Qtopia Desktop for everything (As opposed to Ximian Evolution or Microsoft Entourage). Then Firmware 3.10 broke sync ability. I gave up 6 months later and sold it. I would LOVE to purchase one again now that it's close to running openstep apps, however... Not without either a Microsoft Entourage or Ximian Evolution sync solution!
I've been searching for a similar product. In fact, I ordered the Abacus Palm Watch from CDW.com
D C= 533395
:)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?E
However, it hasn't shipped. In fact, CDW is starting to wonder what happened and why they haven't received stock.
So, short answer, yes! You can order a Palm watch now. Long answer: I have no idea when it will be available.
Why do I want a Palm watch? I don't just want phone numbers... I want calendar, and reminders. I want data input and true synchronization with both Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Entourage for OS X. Nothing else out there comes close to the functionality of this Palm Watch, for such a small size. It even runs regular Palm 4.1 compatible problems...
IF IT EVER SHIPS!!!
So, please, tell me if you see another similar watch elsewhere. I'll order.
Wow... I have all of you beat. :)
... 1997 I believe.
"Lets go hand in hand, into lovely land, side by side,..." something about stuff so bright...
Ya, by today's standards, horrible horrible rip. I still have it burned on CD from
German pop at its worst!