Well, cause and effect isn't even proven. Is the world warming up because of an increase in CO2, or is CO2 increasing because the world is warming up. Whether everything is caused by the sun warming up, isn't proven one way or another either. So it is all conjecture.
So, if I have files of random noise on my machine for testing audio systems, or random data for testing data modems and the government contends that it is actually encrypted data and wants the key, how in hell am I going to get them off my back?
Hi Mr Foobar - maybe it is time to save a copy of the BDB source code, so you can fork it if needed. As is, BDB has all the features Citadel needs, so it doesn't matter if your fork stagnates.
The problem is support. There are large numbers of developers behind Linux at Red Hat, Novell, Mandriva, Ubuntu and so on, vs only a small handful of developers at the UNIX flavours. The result is that when you try to build a real system using one of the Unices, you quickly find that many of the utilities and libraries that you need are either hopelessly outdated, or totally unavailable, or the source won't compile on your flavour of Unix. Been there, tried that.
I have never played a video DVD on any of my machines either. The more restrictions they add to the disks, the higher the nuisance facor becomes, the less people will use them and the smaller their market will be. Frankly, I don't give a damn...
I never see any working Windows PCs. The only working, uninfected XP PC I know of is my own, which is usually booted into Linux...
Hardware problems are very few and far between - usually a broken disk drive. The most common complaint is: My computer is slow - when I click on Explorer, it takes ages to do something.
Without Microsoft's crappy Winblows, I'll go bankrupt...
Yup, I battle that gawddamm bl00dy @wfull POS on a regular basis. My solution is to edit the registry to remove it by hand, then reboot and delete the dir in/program files.
Sure, but those are *essential* spyware...
Anyhoo, when I fix a machine, I install Firefox, Thunderbird and Gaim and tell the people that if they can wean themselves off the Windoze apps, their support costs will go down. Some do - some don't.
It's a free world - some people choose to be suicide bombers, others choose to run MS Windows...
Well, of the three Peecees I cleaned up last week, each had more than 10 different malware apps running - nevermind the hundreds of tracking cookies and registry entries.
Yes, SQL Ledger is certainly overkill for personal finance - small to medium sized business is its target market. However, GNU Cash is good for both personal and small business accounting.
It is not that simple. Mostly what is done is that the oil is simply distilled into various streams of thin, thick and syruppy stuff, all the way to hard waxes. Some fractionating is done to change the mix, but if the car fuel use dominates, then restricting the use of plastics isn't going to make much difference in the consumption of crude oil for example.
Well, it is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. You either have to enrich the uranium or you have to separate heavy water out of ordinary water. In any case, you cannot use raw uranium ore - you need to extract the uranium from ore. So, no matter what you do, the process is rather complex and expensive. Furthermore, nuclear power production is usually tied to a bomb making program and the production of unstable isotopes for industrial and medical use. So to see what process is more effective, you need to look at the whole program and in many cases, the production of electricity is just a side effect.
Something that many people don't realize, is that wherever there is a major cancer treatment hospital, there is a nuclear pile and a hugely complicated process to extract isotopes. The problem being that some of the isotopes have such a short half life (in the order of 30 minutes), that you cannot transport them. They have to be continually manufactured on site.
So, while the handful of large power stations attract a lot of scrutiny, the hundreds of 'small' nuclear piles in all the major cities fly completely under the radar.
and those two or three Windows machines could be replaced with one fast Windows server running VNC remote desktops from Linux in order to handle the accounting package or whatever it is that only works on Windows.
BTW, many companies use Quickbooks. Older versions of Quickbooks actually run on CxOffice. So provided that you are willing to put up with an older unsupported version, that is also an option. I'm running QB from 1998 or so and it works very well. It works just as well as it did in 1998 and accounting is still just two columns of numbers, so I don't see why I need to change...
I repair many of desktop and notebook machines. Three last week - this is Monday and I already have two machines waiting for this week. This is not my main business - people only bring me machines after other people already tried and failed to fix them.
To fix a borked notebook PC and remove all spyware crap, takes 3 to 10 hours. Repairing a desktop takes 2 to 3 hours. The problem being that notebook PCs are slooooowwww, so the repeated scans take forever and Spyaxe and similar crapware requires multiple passes and multiple reboots with multiple scanners to remove. Consequently, I spend 10 to 20 hours per week removing crapware from Windows PCs.
In contrast, I never have to remove crapware from Linux PCs and notebooks - they just keep working - chalk up zero hours to Linux repairs. This means that in practice, Linux is infinitely more secure than Windows.
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Well, cause and effect isn't even proven. Is the world warming up because of an increase in CO2, or is CO2 increasing because the world is warming up. Whether everything is caused by the sun warming up, isn't proven one way or another either. So it is all conjecture.
Yup, he must be very famous, since I have never heard of him.
So, if I have files of random noise on my machine for testing audio systems, or random data for testing data modems and the government contends that it is actually encrypted data and wants the key, how in hell am I going to get them off my back?
Hi Mr Foobar - maybe it is time to save a copy of the BDB source code, so you can fork it if needed. As is, BDB has all the features Citadel needs, so it doesn't matter if your fork stagnates.
followed in short order by an Apple II.
Well, you picked a good example. I think Solaris is the only Unix that is still supported properly. With any of the others, all bets are off.
The problem is support. There are large numbers of developers behind Linux at Red Hat, Novell, Mandriva, Ubuntu and so on, vs only a small handful of developers at the UNIX flavours. The result is that when you try to build a real system using one of the Unices, you quickly find that many of the utilities and libraries that you need are either hopelessly outdated, or totally unavailable, or the source won't compile on your flavour of Unix. Been there, tried that.
I have never played a video DVD on any of my machines either. The more restrictions they add to the disks, the higher the nuisance facor becomes, the less people will use them and the smaller their market will be. Frankly, I don't give a damn...
I never see any working Windows PCs. The only working, uninfected XP PC I know of is my own, which is usually booted into Linux... Hardware problems are very few and far between - usually a broken disk drive. The most common complaint is: My computer is slow - when I click on Explorer, it takes ages to do something. Without Microsoft's crappy Winblows, I'll go bankrupt...
Yup, I battle that gawddamm bl00dy @wfull POS on a regular basis. My solution is to edit the registry to remove it by hand, then reboot and delete the dir in /program files.
Sure, but those are *essential* spyware... Anyhoo, when I fix a machine, I install Firefox, Thunderbird and Gaim and tell the people that if they can wean themselves off the Windoze apps, their support costs will go down. Some do - some don't. It's a free world - some people choose to be suicide bombers, others choose to run MS Windows...
Well, of the three Peecees I cleaned up last week, each had more than 10 different malware apps running - nevermind the hundreds of tracking cookies and registry entries.
Every Windows PC I get to repair has at least 10 pieces of spyware running.
Yes, SQL Ledger is certainly overkill for personal finance - small to medium sized business is its target market. However, GNU Cash is good for both personal and small business accounting.
A 'real Linux financial suite'? Try SQL Ledger.
SQL Ledger.
A janitor - let me guess... You must have a doctorate in electronic engineering.
C++ can trigger an exception in the middle of a constructor for example. So when you then get to the exception, it is not clear what to do.
It may be cheaper to launch an orbiting sun shade for the planet.
Well, those $200 repair bills can buy a hell of a lot of 2x4, so people do become much more careful, very quickly.
Heh, the RBMK got just a leeetle bit of bad press...
I tend to favour fail safe type reactors, such as the pebble bed. Although, if the ceramic would fail, then even that design is not safe.
It is not that simple. Mostly what is done is that the oil is simply distilled into various streams of thin, thick and syruppy stuff, all the way to hard waxes. Some fractionating is done to change the mix, but if the car fuel use dominates, then restricting the use of plastics isn't going to make much difference in the consumption of crude oil for example.
Well, it is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. You either have to enrich the uranium or you have to separate heavy water out of ordinary water. In any case, you cannot use raw uranium ore - you need to extract the uranium from ore. So, no matter what you do, the process is rather complex and expensive. Furthermore, nuclear power production is usually tied to a bomb making program and the production of unstable isotopes for industrial and medical use. So to see what process is more effective, you need to look at the whole program and in many cases, the production of electricity is just a side effect.
Something that many people don't realize, is that wherever there is a major cancer treatment hospital, there is a nuclear pile and a hugely complicated process to extract isotopes. The problem being that some of the isotopes have such a short half life (in the order of 30 minutes), that you cannot transport them. They have to be continually manufactured on site.
So, while the handful of large power stations attract a lot of scrutiny, the hundreds of 'small' nuclear piles in all the major cities fly completely under the radar.
and those two or three Windows machines could be replaced with one fast Windows server running VNC remote desktops from Linux in order to handle the accounting package or whatever it is that only works on Windows.
BTW, many companies use Quickbooks. Older versions of Quickbooks actually run on CxOffice. So provided that you are willing to put up with an older unsupported version, that is also an option. I'm running QB from 1998 or so and it works very well. It works just as well as it did in 1998 and accounting is still just two columns of numbers, so I don't see why I need to change...
if your time is worth nothing...
I repair many of desktop and notebook machines. Three last week - this is Monday and I already have two machines waiting for this week. This is not my main business - people only bring me machines after other people already tried and failed to fix them.
To fix a borked notebook PC and remove all spyware crap, takes 3 to 10 hours. Repairing a desktop takes 2 to 3 hours. The problem being that notebook PCs are slooooowwww, so the repeated scans take forever and Spyaxe and similar crapware requires multiple passes and multiple reboots with multiple scanners to remove. Consequently, I spend 10 to 20 hours per week removing crapware from Windows PCs.
In contrast, I never have to remove crapware from Linux PCs and notebooks - they just keep working - chalk up zero hours to Linux repairs. This means that in practice, Linux is infinitely more secure than Windows.
Nuff sed.