I watched a special on the news. these guys were wearing DUSTERS. They showed one of the living trench coat mafia guys, and he showed off his duster and explained that they all wore them.
I've noticed lately that people are getting flack for what the general public assumes is a 'trenchcoat'. this is pretty stupid, so i thought i'd clarify a bit.
trench coat: lapels. think ww1 style. rain coat: no lapels. closes in front. usually made out of thin canvas. overcoat: usually double breasted wool or cashmere. worn with suits. duster: coated with waterproofing. mostly for outdoor use / riding horses
By spreading misinformation about the meaning of open source it looks like they're trying to bait OSI into suing them. Maybe they figure they can drag this into court and exhaust the communities resources.
I picked up a used libretto 20ct. It's a 486/75 that comes with a 270MB hd. I recommend upgrading that immediately. I picked up a 4G HD for it on onsale. cost me under $200. it runs a standard rh5.2 distro quite easily. I had to do a bit of mucking around with loadlin to get the install going, but since I had a local NFS server, it was no big deal. There are a bunch of links off of the 'adorable libretto' page to get you up and running quickly, so dont worry about 'no support'
It's got a combo nic/modem card and it was extremely easy to get configured for home/work/hotels/etc.
I would totally recommend this machine or it's predecessors for a carry-around machine. it doesn't take up any space in my bag even with an extra battery and power supply. I can even pop it in my coat pocket if I feel like travelling light.
As far as usability goes, I'm extremely impressed. The keyboard is small, but what do you expect for such a tiny machine? once you get the hang of it, it's no big deal. The pointer is a little funky too, but I dont do a lot of mousing anyway.
if you're worried about people changing your binaries, install tripwire. If you're worried about people sniffing your network, install a switch. If you're worried someone is going to steal from you, dont hire them. If you're worried that people are going to hack your OS to get a company secret, you're worrying far too much.
here's the scenario. it took me a bit to figure out what the hell he was talking about.
1. you're a company. 2. you install open source desktops. 3. your employees are bad, evil and write hax0r patches into their machines' OS. consultants do it too. 4. there's no way to detect it. 5. your company goes down the toilet.
here's my problem with this. if i'm going to roll out unix to all the desktops in a company, I'm not going to give users root. that's just asking for trouble. Also, unless maintenence (patches, upgrades) is done on the machines (any machines, even wintendos), there will be security problems. If my employees want to be screwy, and start finding out secrets by installing bad software, I'm much better off running unix where they dont have access to promiscuous mode and only run applications that are company standard. Windows is much more of a hole in this regard.
although he points out a scenario that 'could' possibly happen, it's unlikely that it would in a well managed shop.
there is always a chance that your employees will steal from you. I really doubt they're going to hack their OS to do it.
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*I* would call Brad Pitt a dork.
He's not a good actor either.
I think his best role was in True Romance.
it was about a terrabyte when altavista first started up IIRC.
how much stuff can you fit into a nanotech attache?
wouldn't that be a bit small?
I think that'd have to be a thermos.
or maybe a big vat.
http://www.vireference.com/vimug.htm
is this webserver actually on the net?
i mean, come on, he's obviously drunk.
I watched a special on the news. these guys were
wearing DUSTERS. They showed one of the living trench coat mafia guys, and he showed off his duster and explained that they all wore them.
I've noticed lately that people are getting flack
for what the general public assumes is a 'trenchcoat'. this is pretty stupid, so i thought i'd clarify a bit.
trench coat: lapels. think ww1 style.
rain coat: no lapels. closes in front. usually made out of thin canvas.
overcoat: usually double breasted wool or cashmere. worn with suits.
duster: coated with waterproofing. mostly for outdoor use / riding horses
http://service2.real.com/solutions/ RAP01014.HTM
By spreading misinformation about the meaning
of open source it looks like they're trying to
bait OSI into suing them. Maybe they figure they can drag this into court and exhaust the communities resources.
bah.
-belial
Permanents
fashion victim.
I picked up a used libretto 20ct.
It's a 486/75 that comes with a 270MB hd.
I recommend upgrading that immediately.
I picked up a 4G HD for it on onsale. cost me under $200. it runs a standard rh5.2 distro quite easily. I had to do a bit of mucking around with loadlin to get the install going, but since I had a local NFS server, it was no big deal.
There are a bunch of links off of the 'adorable libretto' page to get you up and running quickly, so dont worry about 'no support'
It's got a combo nic/modem card and it was extremely easy to get configured for home/work/hotels/etc.
I would totally recommend this machine or it's predecessors for a carry-around machine. it doesn't take up any space in my bag even with an extra battery and power supply. I can even pop it in my coat pocket if I feel like travelling light.
As far as usability goes, I'm extremely impressed. The keyboard is small, but what do you expect for such a tiny machine? once you get the hang of it, it's no big deal. The pointer is a little funky too, but I dont do a lot of mousing anyway.
all in all, I dig it.
right. I'm assuming he gives them all root and says 'have at it, i trust you'
if you're worried about people changing your binaries, install tripwire.
If you're worried about people sniffing your network, install a switch.
If you're worried someone is going to steal from you, dont hire them.
If you're worried that people are going to hack your OS to get a company secret, you're worrying far too much.
um.
he's got some serious flaws in his thinking.
here's the scenario. it took me a bit to figure out what the hell he was talking about.
1. you're a company.
2. you install open source desktops.
3. your employees are bad, evil and write hax0r patches into their machines' OS. consultants do it too.
4. there's no way to detect it.
5. your company goes down the toilet.
here's my problem with this.
if i'm going to roll out unix to all the desktops in a company, I'm not going to give users root.
that's just asking for trouble. Also, unless maintenence (patches, upgrades) is done on the machines (any machines, even wintendos), there will be security problems.
If my employees want to be screwy, and start finding out secrets by installing bad software, I'm much better off running unix where they dont have access to promiscuous mode and only run applications that are company standard. Windows is much more of a hole in this regard.
although he points out a scenario that 'could' possibly happen, it's unlikely that it would in a well managed shop.
there is always a chance that your employees will steal from you. I really doubt they're going to hack their OS to do it.
Are you currently running one or more Linux Servers?
yes: 1337
if you put a million monkeys at a million keyboards, you end up with warez and porn.
had a lot to do with the licensing, but to be
completely honest, had a lot to do with the icons.
gears are better than feet