This makes me wonder if they haven't figured out how to use this to their advantage. You can rip out legacy code and force people to *purchase* updated software and say it was necessary, even when it wasn't, for 'security' reasons.
I had two teachers in college. One teacher was the ultimate hippy. He was easy going and gave little homework. The other was a military spit and polish guy who wore a tie. He laid down the law the first day of class and gave us tons of homework.
I found out the hippie gave grades based on how much he liked you, not what you did. The other guy told you exactly what was expected of you. If you did what he told you your grade was assured.
The moral of this story is your boss should know exactly what he expects from you, and be able to communicate that clearly to you. If he can't your performance is subjective and you're twisting in the wind. Ask your boss to tell you his rules. If he doesn't know what they are, RUN!
My personal file server has run for many years with only a single failure. I replaced the hard drive, restored from the backup and restarted. It seems like that's less work than a raid array. Cheaper too.
Why does anyone need to rewrite the tcp/ip stack in php? Is it perhaps so they can have a worm that bypasses the firewall? Just what we need! Can't people find something more constructive to do with their time that to badly reinvent the old stuff to use for rotten things?
> I wouldn't blame the newer KDE or Gnome releases. They only require more power because that's what people want
I'm not very familiar with either project, but I think that's what the kde and gnome developers want, not what 'people' want.
The basic design of the GUI was fleshed out years ago. IMHO it worked acceptably and should be in maintainence mode. Nothing significant about how computers are used has changed since then. It's time to move on to better things.
Microsoft changes the GUI with every release for business reasons, not because it's any better. Making it look like a playskool toy is sexy this year. The devs at kde and gnome have gotten into a 'let microsoft dictate how the gui should look' mindset. They're 'artists' who can't resist tinkering with the eye candy in 'their toy'.
Every so often I download a new distro and see if it's ready to use as a windows replacement. I was really turned off by the latest Gnome/Mandrake. I don't want much, on that box I wanted to surf and do email. It failed this time because it was harder to setup, harder to use, and slower than win98 on the same hardware. The devs have a high powered box and "it works fine on their machine".
As I used it I noticed a lot of unnecessary useless eye candy. The file manager defaults to large icon view mode, it opens and reads every file in the list so it can display a pretty icon or thumbnail. Who seriously uses a file manager in large icon view mode?
There's a lot of unnecessary bloat enabled by default. A lot of it might not even be a 'feature' that can be disabled. It was difficult to even find those sorts of options.
The GUI devs built a program to do what they want, and I think it's nice that they freely share, but I doubt they've done any studies to see what most people want or need.
As long as distros are a collection of whatever stuff they can get "free off the internet" and not a well designed attempt to make a useful tool they're not going to be taken seriously.
Linux has a package called 'quota' where you can set a maximum disk usage per account. This is pretty handy and would allow them to save things if they don't happen to have a floppy with them. I assume since os-x is based on unix it has something similar.
instead of monkeys now it's spam...
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if you get enough spam will it one day write the works of Shakespeare?;)
" The Foundation code is designed to be extended with new features and services, such as improved platform manageability, serviceability, and administrative interfaces which are too complex to implement in the old BIOS environment, according to Intel."
Did you notice the part about 'administrative interfaces'? This means your PC will have a remote control interface built right into the BIOS. Now anything that's turned on and connected to the network will be remotely exploitable. Even your Linux box, or your toaster will be worm fodder.
It's the same thing microsoft has been doing with Internet Explorer and their Media Player. They don't force you to use their stuff, or ensure you can't install something else. They just use their position as the OS maker to ensure nobody will.
Electricity, among other services, is a legalized monopoly. They get a monopoly and a guaranteed small profit in exchange for providing a fair and equitable service society feels is necessary. Internet access is well on it's way to that status. A number of US state and city governments are already creating their own internet backbones, or are considering it.
Besides being illegal, I believe there are too many other competitors out there who will provide you with better service for it to work.
You can misuse anything. Chemistry and medicine are responsible for both poisons and medicines. It's up to us to see they're used wisely. Are we going to be frightened of the future and hide in the sand?
I use trigonometry all the time in 3d graphics work. I don't use calculus much, but I felt it helped me understand a lot of other things I run into. Statistics is very useful for determining when your processes are 'out of whack' and if there is a problem. If you're going to be a professional being as uneducated as you can get away with is NOT in your best interests.
The other distros I've looked at are precompiled installations, with minimal ability to configure the operating system. They differ in OS setup, utilities, and installable packages. Gentoo allows the user to build (compile) everything that is installed on the machine and configure the operating system to any desired degree. I built a file server for our home network and I was able to build a linux box without all the extra stuff it doesn't need and makes it vulnerable to attack.
Good idea, as long as the wheels fit the car you need. I don't know what they felt were absolutely required features, and if theora/vp3 could fit the bill.
The port is in the works but it's still buggy as of a few weeks ago.
There are a LOT of projects out there that never generate decent product, or even any product at all. They can't wait for some other group with no stake in their future to write something they need.
From my reading of Theora, it's just the streaming container, not a codec. Vp3 is the codec. I don't know if it's suitable for what they want to do with it.
If you read some of Marvin Minski's works on understanding intelligence it seems to me that emotions (thus human nature) are required for AI. They're an extremely effective method of getting self preservation without huge computational overhead of having to deeply consider the ramifications of every action.
If you have to reinstall everything once a month you're doing something terribly wrong. You're wasting your life repeating the same tasks over and over. Don't you have anything more productive to do with your time?
then take that instead. Seriously though, define "better" for yourself. Take the job that's better. If you're having trouble debugging this problem they didn't teach you the real tools you'll need for life or programming in college.
> the more user friendly Linux becomes, the more vulnerable it becomes
This is nonsense on many levels. It's just FUD.
Windows displaced DOS and Unix on desktops because of ease of use and user friendliness. Their entire corporation is built on what they tell you Linux shouldn't be doing.
Vulnerabilities come from bad designs, short sightedness, or cost reducing decisions on the part of programmers, or (more likely in my view) from design decisions forced on projects by management.
It's most probably a rationalization by people who are worried their part of the gravy train is going to go away.
The only thing I ever needed a packet sniffer for was to debug my own proprietary protocol. I run a small network and don't really have any need for a sniffer. I found out everything I needed to know by watching the log of my server firewall.
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This makes me wonder if they haven't figured
out how to use this to their advantage. You can
rip out legacy code and force people to *purchase*
updated software and say it was necessary, even
when it wasn't, for 'security' reasons.
I had two teachers in college.
One teacher was the ultimate hippy.
He was easy going and gave little homework.
The other was a military spit and polish guy
who wore a tie. He laid down the law the first
day of class and gave us tons of homework.
I found out the hippie gave grades based on
how much he liked you, not what you did. The
other guy told you exactly what was expected of
you. If you did what he told you your grade was
assured.
The moral of this story is your boss should know
exactly what he expects from you, and be able
to communicate that clearly to you. If he can't
your performance is subjective and you're twisting
in the wind. Ask your boss to tell you his rules.
If he doesn't know what they are, RUN!
I record to cd's. They're cheaper than vhs tapes
and they take up a LOT less space.
My personal file server has run for many years with
only a single failure. I replaced the hard drive,
restored from the backup and restarted. It
seems like that's less work than a raid array.
Cheaper too.
Why does anyone need to rewrite the tcp/ip stack
in php? Is it perhaps so they can have a worm
that bypasses the firewall? Just what we need!
Can't people find something more constructive
to do with their time that to badly reinvent the
old stuff to use for rotten things?
> I wouldn't blame the newer KDE or Gnome releases. They only require more power because that's what people want
I'm not very familiar with either project, but
I think that's what the kde and gnome developers want, not what 'people' want.
The basic design of the GUI was fleshed out years
ago. IMHO it worked acceptably and should be in maintainence mode. Nothing significant about how
computers are used has changed since then.
It's time to move on to better things.
Microsoft changes the GUI with every
release for business reasons, not because it's
any better. Making it look like a playskool toy
is sexy this year. The devs at kde and gnome
have gotten into a 'let microsoft dictate how
the gui should look' mindset. They're 'artists'
who can't resist tinkering with the eye candy
in 'their toy'.
Every so often I download a new distro and see
if it's ready to use as a windows replacement.
I was really turned off by the latest
Gnome/Mandrake. I don't want much, on that
box I wanted to surf and do email.
It failed this time because it was harder to
setup, harder to use, and slower
than win98 on the same hardware.
The devs have a high powered box and
"it works fine on their machine".
As I used it I noticed a lot of unnecessary
useless eye candy. The file manager defaults
to large icon view mode, it opens and reads
every file in the list so it can display
a pretty icon or thumbnail. Who seriously uses
a file manager in large icon view mode?
There's a lot of unnecessary bloat enabled
by default. A lot of it might not even be a
'feature' that can be disabled. It was difficult
to even find those sorts of options.
The GUI devs built a program to do what they want,
and I think it's nice that they freely share,
but I doubt they've done any studies to see what
most people want or need.
As long as distros are a collection
of whatever stuff they can get
"free off the internet" and not a well designed
attempt to make a useful tool they're not
going to be taken seriously.
Linux has a package called 'quota' where you can
set a maximum disk usage per account. This is
pretty handy and would allow them to save things
if they don't happen to have a floppy with them.
I assume since os-x is based on unix it has
something similar.
if you get enough spam will it one day write the works of Shakespeare? ;)
" The Foundation code is designed to be extended with new features and services, such as improved platform manageability, serviceability, and administrative interfaces which are too complex to implement in the old BIOS environment, according to Intel."
Did you notice the part about 'administrative interfaces'? This means your PC will have a remote control interface built right into the BIOS. Now anything that's turned on and connected to the network will be remotely exploitable. Even your Linux box, or your toaster will be worm fodder.
It's the same thing microsoft has been doing with
Internet Explorer and their Media Player. They
don't force you to use their stuff, or ensure
you can't install something else. They just use
their position as the OS maker to ensure nobody
will.
Electricity, among other services, is a legalized monopoly. They get a monopoly and a guaranteed small profit in exchange for providing a fair and equitable service society feels is necessary. Internet access is well on it's way to that status. A number of US state and city governments are already creating their own internet backbones, or are considering it.
Besides being illegal, I believe there are too many other competitors out there who will provide you with better service for it to work.
It would be simple to prove, easy to sue over, and the providers have deep enough pockets to make it worth suing over. Didn't this occur to you?
You can misuse anything. Chemistry and medicine are responsible for both poisons and medicines. It's up to us to see they're used wisely. Are we going to be frightened of the future and hide in the sand?
In the United States the person paying for the
"work for hire" owns that work. IANAL
I use trigonometry all the time in 3d graphics
work. I don't use calculus much, but I felt it helped me understand a lot of other things I run into. Statistics is very useful for determining
when your processes are 'out of whack' and if
there is a problem. If you're going to be a
professional being as uneducated as you can get
away with is NOT in your best interests.
The other distros I've looked at are precompiled
installations, with minimal ability to configure
the operating system. They differ in OS setup,
utilities, and installable packages. Gentoo
allows the user to build (compile) everything
that is installed on the machine and configure
the operating system to any desired degree. I
built a file server for our home network and
I was able to build a linux box without all
the extra stuff it doesn't need and makes it
vulnerable to attack.
to not rub my shower curtain into all my open wounds... ;)
bacteria are everywhere, that's why we developed
an immune system!
Oh. Cool! :)
I was reading the theora mailing list and they said it was still buggy and the one in cvs didn't work.
I'll have to try that one out.
Thanks for the link.
Good idea, as long as the wheels fit the car
you need. I don't know what they felt were
absolutely required features, and if theora/vp3
could fit the bill.
The port is in the works but it's
still buggy as of a few weeks ago.
There are a LOT of projects out there that
never generate decent product, or even any
product at all. They can't wait for some
other group with no stake in their future
to write something they need.
From my reading of Theora, it's just the
streaming container, not a codec. Vp3 is
the codec. I don't know if it's suitable
for what they want to do with it.
They may also have felt they could do better.
Theora doesn't have a working windows codec.
Windows is most of the marketplace.
If you read some of Marvin Minski's works on
understanding intelligence it seems to me that
emotions (thus human nature) are required for AI.
They're an extremely effective method of getting
self preservation without huge computational
overhead of having to deeply consider the
ramifications of every action.
If you have to reinstall everything once a month
you're doing something terribly wrong. You're
wasting your life repeating the same tasks over
and over. Don't you have anything more productive
to do with your time?
then take that instead. Seriously though,
define "better" for yourself. Take the
job that's better. If you're having trouble
debugging this problem they didn't teach
you the real tools you'll need for life or
programming in college.
> the more user friendly Linux becomes, the more vulnerable it becomes
This is nonsense on many levels. It's just FUD.
Windows displaced DOS and Unix on desktops
because of ease of use and user friendliness.
Their entire corporation is built on what they
tell you Linux shouldn't be doing.
Vulnerabilities come from bad designs, short
sightedness, or cost reducing decisions on the
part of programmers, or (more likely in my view)
from design decisions forced on projects by
management.
It's most probably a rationalization by people
who are worried their part of the gravy train
is going to go away.
The only thing I ever needed a packet sniffer
for was to debug my own proprietary protocol.
I run a small network and don't really have
any need for a sniffer. I found out everything
I needed to know by watching the log of my
server firewall.