Forget central. Use Sparkle. The if you wanted to do central updates you could just have an app subscribed to all the app-feeds. Else just let the apps use the framework themselves.
Sparkle is excellent
And IMHO check for updates manually is appropriate for most situations. Sparkle makes that east too.
That's a much better model than what our residential satellite provider have. I hope it stays that way for you! (That's pretty close to what WildBlue did before about 7 months ago).
1. No Script won't always make things faster. Small, compressible AJAX scripts often save me loading a whole page. The most recent version of/. for example is way, way easier for dialup users with scripts enabled. So yeah- bug whitelist if you go with no scripts. Adblock is probably more appropriate (thought I don't use it)
It's ridiculous to suggest text mode only unless it's less that say 24000kbps.
2. Email. Just use POP or IMAP in offline mode and have it ask before downloading big messages, I choose 300k. At least Apple mail does this well ("Subject, from sender@domain is 1.3MB, Delete, Skip or Download")- I'd bet that thunderbird does too. On a slow connection you want a local copy of messages.
Or use Gmail's Web Interface and leave it open. It takes a minute to load the first time but after that it's excellent for dialup users.
3.
Satellite... also usable for downloading large amounts of data
This is totally untrue. Have you read satellite provider's Fair Access Policy. $50/mo+$250 equiptment will get you all of about 7.5GB/30 day rolling period WildBlue. This year they changed their throttling policy to not only slow you down if you exceed, but they actually give you intermittent service until you fall to 70% FAP threshold. That means that if you downloaded the full 7.5GB in three days, you've shot yourself for a whole month. If you're on satellite monitor your own bandwidth!
4. So in summary dialup isn't a death sentence. Ajax is often helpful. Order your distros on CD. Save your email for offline access. Satellite considered dangerous.
The most important thing is to find an ISP that won't cancel your Unlimited account or demand additional fees for high usage. I uses Lanset (Please pardon their home page- bleh!). They kick me off if I've been on for 8 hours straight, but they don't mind if I reconnect. My connection is active probably 20 hours a day.
I'm writing this on a 31.3kbps connection. I also have a ProPak account with wildblue- but it's on the other side of the mountain.
PS Cell data service is definitely worth checking out if available. We don't have cell service here either.
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My only complaint about the Mighty Mouse is that because the left and right buttons aren't separate buttons, if I try to right-click without first lifting my left finger off the button, it'll register as a left-click. Aside from that, it seems to work pretty well.
I'll second that and raise you a can't-click-both-buttons at the same time. Useful in any FPS.
It wasn't even 10 years ago that a 2GB cap seemed totally reasonable. 250GB might seem like nothing today but give it three years and you'll see the wisdom of truth-in-advertising.
It's should be listed as "800Kb/s, burstable 7Mb/s" or simply "250GB/month"
My Wildblue service limits my monthly usage (actually rolling 30 days) to 17GB. This is their $80/mo "Pro Pak" service.
I have to throttle traffic on my side or else risk losing my connection from noon to midnight until my usage drops to 11.9GB/30 days.
My sat modem now plugs into a Linux box that manages traffic for me as it's pretty easy to blow through 17GB, even on a 1.5Mbit/s line. Between the cap, to cost and the latency, WildBlue ends up being a pretty poor solution to anything. I can't even run my Credit systems over it per long/inconsistent ping times (~1100ms round trip). It's faster just to have them dial up. I'm thinking I just need to figure a way to justify the cost of a T1 into here.
It's all the other people that have email in his inbox, personal messages on his myspace etc. Breaking into someone's account, dead or not, doesn't just involve them- it involves everyone who trusts them.
I dunno if anyone's paying attention but SSDs vary hugely in speed- both random access and sustained transfers. It's pretty easy to find a slow SSD- they've been around forever.
The Macbook currently uses a Samsung part.
Slashdot Mirror
RC1 is out no? :)
Sparkle is excellent
And IMHO check for updates manually is appropriate for most situations. Sparkle makes that east too.
These aren't mutually exclusive.
I bet if xBox or PS was outselling Nintendo, they'd adjust their report to match. Bleh!
Do you mean WildBlue or lanset?
That's a much better model than what our residential satellite provider have. I hope it stays that way for you! (That's pretty close to what WildBlue did before about 7 months ago).
Cheers,
Informative? Maybe +1 Typo :)
Oops- 31.2kbps. Wouldn't want myself to get a big head.
1. No Script won't always make things faster. Small, compressible AJAX scripts often save me loading a whole page. The most recent version of /. for example is way, way easier for dialup users with scripts enabled. So yeah- bug whitelist if you go with no scripts. Adblock is probably more appropriate (thought I don't use it)
It's ridiculous to suggest text mode only unless it's less that say 24000kbps. 2. Email. Just use POP or IMAP in offline mode and have it ask before downloading big messages, I choose 300k. At least Apple mail does this well ("Subject, from sender@domain is 1.3MB, Delete, Skip or Download")- I'd bet that thunderbird does too. On a slow connection you want a local copy of messages.
Or use Gmail's Web Interface and leave it open. It takes a minute to load the first time but after that it's excellent for dialup users.
3.
Satellite... also usable for downloading large amounts of dataThis is totally untrue. Have you read satellite provider's Fair Access Policy. $50/mo+$250 equiptment will get you all of about 7.5GB/30 day rolling period WildBlue. This year they changed their throttling policy to not only slow you down if you exceed, but they actually give you intermittent service until you fall to 70% FAP threshold. That means that if you downloaded the full 7.5GB in three days, you've shot yourself for a whole month. If you're on satellite monitor your own bandwidth!
4. So in summary dialup isn't a death sentence. Ajax is often helpful. Order your distros on CD. Save your email for offline access. Satellite considered dangerous.
The most important thing is to find an ISP that won't cancel your Unlimited account or demand additional fees for high usage. I uses Lanset (Please pardon their home page- bleh!). They kick me off if I've been on for 8 hours straight, but they don't mind if I reconnect. My connection is active probably 20 hours a day.
I'm writing this on a 31.3kbps connection. I also have a ProPak account with wildblue- but it's on the other side of the mountain.
PS Cell data service is definitely worth checking out if available. We don't have cell service here either.
Spelled Please :)
I'll second that and raise you a can't-click-both-buttons at the same time. Useful in any FPS.
It's should be listed as "800Kb/s, burstable 7Mb/s" or simply "250GB/month"
Don't be short sighted.
Slashdot is actually quite tolerable- especially after the AJAX upgrade. Just use tabs and plan ahead.
That said, there's much of the internet that I just don't try on dialup. I know better.
I have to throttle traffic on my side or else risk losing my connection from noon to midnight until my usage drops to 11.9GB/30 days.
My sat modem now plugs into a Linux box that manages traffic for me as it's pretty easy to blow through 17GB, even on a 1.5Mbit/s line. Between the cap, to cost and the latency, WildBlue ends up being a pretty poor solution to anything. I can't even run my Credit systems over it per long/inconsistent ping times (~1100ms round trip). It's faster just to have them dial up. I'm thinking I just need to figure a way to justify the cost of a T1 into here.
Why are (..ok were) so many people eagerly anticipating Spore? Gimme the highlights cause it didn't seem all that cool or even unique.
I'm probably wrong.
New Filter: Has the words is:spam
Action: Delete It
I trust Gmail enough (with false positives) to just not deal with it anymore. Plus I don't like wasting bandwidth syncing IMAP headers for spam.
Shareholders?
ok ok, just kidding
I know there's no check box but on a Mac it's as simple as:
defaults write im.pidgin.pidgin noExpandingTextBox true
"Comments are owned by the Poster"
Gobuntu
Actually I've heard that Pigeons can do a very good job.
It's all the other people that have email in his inbox, personal messages on his myspace etc. Breaking into someone's account, dead or not, doesn't just involve them- it involves everyone who trusts them.
Unethical.
I dunno if anyone's paying attention but SSDs vary hugely in speed- both random access and sustained transfers. It's pretty easy to find a slow SSD- they've been around forever. The Macbook currently uses a Samsung part.
hmmmm... didn't mean for that to be anonymous. Radiohead doesn't even surface on my last.fm
OpenPL anyone?
It's true- the evidence for God is all incredible.
*ducks*