There in lies the problem IMO. A majority should win in a vote, unless it's close, and the opposing side presents a clear and compelling argument.
A couple of weeks back, I got in the middle of a edit war between a two editors, one insisting that his unsourced (but published by a respectable organization that otherwise puts out well sourced books) coffee table book with continues to perpetrate a myth about a particular military unit, the other editors went to the source, looking for original documents (in this case a Executive order). After much argument we came to a consensus that continues the myth.
During my research to backup the other editor, I found out the identity of the editor I was defending, a highly respected author on the particular military unit. The source I used to backup, the authors own website, but one he couldn't link to because the other editor was screaming original research.
That wouldn't be so much of a problem if it weren't for the GFDL licensing, if the administrators of wikipedia do something I would totally not agree with (for example endorse PETA or something off the wall like that), all the time I spent on wikipedia, I am up the creek without a paddle. Because of the GFDL licensing, wikipedia has to be more open in their administrative processes, or else they are going to loose editors, because there is no recourse once we but the submit button.
I can't believe this is being modded interesting. The user has no clue, nor any perspective, and obviously is either a Linux or a Mac OS fan boy.
DOS at the time was great, there were no other options other then Unix, which at the time was very expensive and very hard to use. For the most part he goes comparing OSs that really never went anywhere (like the Xerox OS's) with an marketed product. Yeah it's great Xerox has those features in 1981, but you have to put the product to market and have it accepted by the consumers.
NT 4.0: "I guess it's good for small businesses," I find it quite funny since the Windows Server I know with the longest uptime was an NT 4.0 box, it's going on 4 years of uptime, just chugging along, I wish I could claim that for my systems, I'm happy to get a year before some hurricane knocks out power to the site.
Mac vs Windows: It's great that Mac OS had a descent GUI, but thats useless unless you do something with it, up until recently Mac Developer support sucked, where as Microsoft embraced developers during that time period, the MSDN crew had a ton more leeway back then to get developers on board with their products, even going so far as giving away full PCs with the development environment installed on it. The developers brought their software to the PCs, and Microsoft even bought a few key products (Excel) to enhance it's portfolio.
Based on your opinion of 2000 and XP, you make clear you bias, 2000 slow? Hardly 2000 Pro was the best stripped down Microsoft OS, I still have it installed on some of the lower end laptops used around my Office. XP is also an excellent OS (though I don't like the default colors, the GUI is great IMO), along with 2003, sure they both have their issues, but in the hands of a competent admin, you can really make them sing.
The jury is still out of Vista, personally I will likely disable Aero Glass, and move to the XP style start menu, no side panel, and the Windows 2000 color scheme. But the beta builds that I have been getting have been pretty good, and they seem to be making progress.
The DOD would have to have control of the root servers, which they don't have, to take said website off the root servers. In fact the very structure of the internet prevents such a case. The root servers don't contain information on each website, instead those are delegated out to the likes of Network Solutions, and other local domain name providers. The DOD would have to infiltrate either those providers, or completely alter the code of the root DNS servers to provide an exclusionary list.
The Pentagon is expected to have plans for EVERY conceivable operation, be it the invasion of Canada or the UK, to an attack on the internet. Just because said plans are on the shelf doesn't mean that an operation is going to happen. But planners still have to keep updating those plans, in case the President ever called them to use it.
Defense in depth, and only applying updates to apply to the service that the server is hosting.
I have ISA Servers, hardware, and software firewalls between the servers, the public internet, and the user network. The users are locked down enough that their desktop machines are a very small risk, but just the same I use network monitoring tools to watch for viruses and worms. I use ISA Server to filter to internet to malicious software from being downloaded from the internet (ISA is great I can restrict based on file types and extensions on a user and group level thats without 3rd party add ons, which make it even more powerful). Laptops are only allowed via VPN and quarantined first to check for updates, up to date virus protection, and the firewall turned on. Along with other procedures to vary from client to client.
Sounds expensive? It is, but I only cater my administrative services to clients that are willing to take the splurge for a secure network, why? Because they are willing to pay for my expertise, I make $150/hr doing development work, I ask the same for my administrative work, because to me an hour is an hour, and I really would be rather doing development work. Also by making the network more secure and reliable, I have less emergency calls, which throw my development schedule out of wack.
Updates I just use my own judgment on what needs to be tested and applied in the short term, vs what I need to apply during the next maintenance cycle, does a public web server really need an update for DFS when it's on a network that has no DFS shares? Sure I will test that on my test network (I use VMware extensively for the test network since I have over 20-30 different server configurations, not as good as a true test network, but a consultant has to make do), and apply it the next time I have to take the server down for an important update, or for hardware mx, but I won't waste my weekend over it. I keep a database of updates, and the servers that I have applied them to, next time one comes up for that server, an custom app I wrote will auto download those updates from a network share that throw on a USB disk and apply when I take it down.
It's a time consuming system on a per a patch basis, but across 10 clients with 5-10 servers and 2-3 ISA Servers each, the cost is spread out. I also ask for a yearly contract for the server monitoring, and update service.
If Allen had been able to keep Gates and Ballmer in check, Microsoft products would probably be a higher quality, something that people would like to use. Instead you have people dedicating their spare time to write a completely free OS, and those still using Windows complaining about how bad it is
Actually Allen leaving Microsoft would have had little effect on the founding of Linux, sure the push for the desktop Linux may not be as great, if Windows was Unix like, but it still would be there, because the founding of linux has little to do with Microsoft according to the histories I have read.
Also Windows ain't that bad, at least not in the hands of a competent tech. The biggest issue is the mindset, Linux is deployed as a multi-user OS with a default setup in multi-user mode, Windows is deployed as a multi-user OS with a default install in a single user mode.
This is done for a couple of reasons, first is the lack of foresight by Microsoft, the second is despite XP having all the tools, and all the developer guides encourage techniques to craft programs that don't require administrator rights, the developers of the 3rd party programs simple don't follow the rules, and are pumping out crap. As an administrator I have to carefully evaluate programs and hardware (at least the programs that run said hardware) to find what works with the lower privilege accounts I give my users and what doesn't. While developers for Linux except the default users to have lower privileges.
Personally I go for years without reinstalling Windows, my servers and customer servers have up times that are only interrupted by real world problems (ie hurricane knocking out power for 3 days to a site, or have to shut down system to do hardware work). It's all in the experience of the admin and the admins knowledge of the operating system.
Part 121 is the section of Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) that covers scheduled air carrier service (think Delta and the like)
Part 135 is the section of FARs that covers charter service, these are mostly smaller operators
Other examples you might here is part 61, this is the section that deals with the certification of pilots, part 91, contains most of the flight related law for most pilots, pilots flying under part 121 and part 135 still follow all of the same rules under part 91 (though some rules might be stricter under part 121 and 135).
Class B airspace is a type of airspace, it requires a transponder squawking (transmitting) a unique code, and constant contact with ATC, PITA to fly in, because of it's actual requirement of clearance to enter, which can be hard to get on busy days. Personally I avoid flight in Class B and busy class C airspace when I am flying VFR.
The airlines don't want to kill GA, but they don't want to have to fund it, which is why they are pushing for per-request fees for ATC, and landing fees to apply to GA aircraft (they generally don't because GA aircraft don't put as large dents in the runway). The airlines actually rely on GA because without GA there would be a much smaller pool of trained pilots, that they would have to pay higher.
It's not the airlines that are closing local airports, it's land developers, NIMBYs, and their political lackey's (*cough*Daley*cough*). It's stupid mayors that are pushing for their own ADIZs (*cough*Daley*cough*).
Actually the US already uses blimps for radar coverage of the Gulf of Mexico and US-Mexico border. They are called Aerostat, they require restricted airspace and calm weather to fly, very calm weather. If I remember correctly the best Aerostat station has just under 70% availability (with most stations around 50%), sure thats great compared to the cost of keeping a US Border patrol EP-3 flying or an USAF E-3 flying, but I don't think it gives the coverage that the Department of Homeland security wants.
Personally I am mixed on this program, I believe that border security needs to be strengthened but at a pilot I am kind of scared of being forced to share airspace with UAVs, and the pop-up TFRs that go with them.
TFRs are the bane of private pilots because they are often short notice, large enough to be an inconvenience, but small enough that you can transit most of the center of what they are trying to protect in under a minute, and Part 121 and often part 135 traffic is most often exempted (the aircraft that can do the most damage). Here in Florida for the shuttle launches we have 24 hour TFRs (the TFR is post 9/11 NASA had used a set of restricted airspace that was much smaller or oriented downrange), that are so large that it cuts off East coast VFR corridor between Orlando's Class B airspace and the ADIZ. Forcing pilots to fly an obstacle course of TFR, restricted, and controlled airspace to get to their destination.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one with that thought running through his head.
It's amazing the amount of money companies will ask for, when it comes to these type of solutions. I will admit that Citrix is a great product, but considering how much more it costs over Terminal Services, and RRAS (both only costing CALs that you have to pay for anyways with a Citrix solution) I could never justify the costs for the added features, no matter how integrated and seamless it is.
This article doesn't make sense either, if they are using Exchange, OWA is no more cost then server hardware, to me it sounds like a someone isn't pricing things out correctly.
There are no standards when it comes to plugins, this is a case about a stupid IP patent, Eolas has just decided to not go after the FOSS browsers for one reason money, but they are also infringing on this patent, Eolas is just using this patent to extract money out of Microsoft.
If any other browser had money that was targetable Eolas would have to go after them.
Like most Slashdotters you didn't RTFA, he was arrested by Scotland Yard, thats in London.
Second he is a known hackers, he hacked into servers, he helped spread propaganda, and training manuals, this isn't some case of some stupid high school kid, it's an adult that knew what he was doing, and saw the results of it on video and pictures, he is being charged and going to trail because there is more then enough evidence to prosecute him on other charges, after he serves his time perhaps the DOJ can try him here for his computer crimes against US computers.
If you want to feel pity, feel pity for the victims that were killed because the terrorists had access to the training manuals he provided with his hacked servers, or the families having to watch their loved being beheaded on the internet. Not this adult that knew what he was doing.
nVidia always put made the mobile drivers the responsibility of the laptop maker, at least as long as I have had a nVidia Go cards in my laptop it sucks, but hacked drivers are available because the limitation is inf based, take a peek at the inf file in one of the hacked driver sites, and you can hack together your own inf file for each nVidia release.
I agree this is a step in the right direction, I can't wait to see more of this.
Myself, I would like to see BSG available like this via some sort of subscription, ie I pay lets say $50-60, and I can download the episodes each week as it's released, and at the DVD release points, they send me the boxed set.
That price is for the UK, and is in line for what they would expect to pay based on a short trip to Amazon.co.uk. War of the Worlds for example is running about $5 more then the download price of Kong.
Though it's more then the Amazon.co.uk price for Kong.
Thats because your unit wasn't IFR certified. There are plenty of GPSs with that label, all aviation oriented handhelds should have that label, along with many of the early GPSs.
The aircraft I fly had a duel Garmin 530 outfit with TCAS, certified for both ILS Cat I and GPS Enroute, and Approaches.
It's always been that way, the one that pays for more bandwidth gets better performance, why should I get the same bandwidth paying $300/month for a T1 as someone paying $2000/month for a T3?
Network neutrality and the connections one can pay for are two totally different things.
Just about anything permanently mounted to an aircraft requires FAA approval, most early GPSs were not IFR approved, but now almost all panel mount GPSs have certification for enroute navigation, and many have approval for approach use (on GPS approaches).
I know this for a fact because I had a field inspector yelling at me about a camera mount until I showed him that it was removable, and not a hazard to flight.
None of those formats support DRM and the labels will not allow their music to be sold without DRM. If Microsoft can't pull this stuff with their standards, nor can Apple.
move along. The part that isn't stressed that these are on the USMC Workplace computers, not the recreational computers (based on the followup to one of the Wonkette articles). Though I agree that all those sites should be censored, blocking on workplace computers is the norm, not the except in many workplaces around the world.
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A couple of weeks back, I got in the middle of a edit war between a two editors, one insisting that his unsourced (but published by a respectable organization that otherwise puts out well sourced books) coffee table book with continues to perpetrate a myth about a particular military unit, the other editors went to the source, looking for original documents (in this case a Executive order). After much argument we came to a consensus that continues the myth.
During my research to backup the other editor, I found out the identity of the editor I was defending, a highly respected author on the particular military unit. The source I used to backup, the authors own website, but one he couldn't link to because the other editor was screaming original research.
That wouldn't be so much of a problem if it weren't for the GFDL licensing, if the administrators of wikipedia do something I would totally not agree with (for example endorse PETA or something off the wall like that), all the time I spent on wikipedia, I am up the creek without a paddle. Because of the GFDL licensing, wikipedia has to be more open in their administrative processes, or else they are going to loose editors, because there is no recourse once we but the submit button.
DOS at the time was great, there were no other options other then Unix, which at the time was very expensive and very hard to use. For the most part he goes comparing OSs that really never went anywhere (like the Xerox OS's) with an marketed product. Yeah it's great Xerox has those features in 1981, but you have to put the product to market and have it accepted by the consumers.
NT 4.0: "I guess it's good for small businesses," I find it quite funny since the Windows Server I know with the longest uptime was an NT 4.0 box, it's going on 4 years of uptime, just chugging along, I wish I could claim that for my systems, I'm happy to get a year before some hurricane knocks out power to the site.
Mac vs Windows: It's great that Mac OS had a descent GUI, but thats useless unless you do something with it, up until recently Mac Developer support sucked, where as Microsoft embraced developers during that time period, the MSDN crew had a ton more leeway back then to get developers on board with their products, even going so far as giving away full PCs with the development environment installed on it. The developers brought their software to the PCs, and Microsoft even bought a few key products (Excel) to enhance it's portfolio.
Based on your opinion of 2000 and XP, you make clear you bias, 2000 slow? Hardly 2000 Pro was the best stripped down Microsoft OS, I still have it installed on some of the lower end laptops used around my Office. XP is also an excellent OS (though I don't like the default colors, the GUI is great IMO), along with 2003, sure they both have their issues, but in the hands of a competent admin, you can really make them sing.
The jury is still out of Vista, personally I will likely disable Aero Glass, and move to the XP style start menu, no side panel, and the Windows 2000 color scheme. But the beta builds that I have been getting have been pretty good, and they seem to be making progress.
The Pentagon is expected to have plans for EVERY conceivable operation, be it the invasion of Canada or the UK, to an attack on the internet. Just because said plans are on the shelf doesn't mean that an operation is going to happen. But planners still have to keep updating those plans, in case the President ever called them to use it.
I have ISA Servers, hardware, and software firewalls between the servers, the public internet, and the user network. The users are locked down enough that their desktop machines are a very small risk, but just the same I use network monitoring tools to watch for viruses and worms. I use ISA Server to filter to internet to malicious software from being downloaded from the internet (ISA is great I can restrict based on file types and extensions on a user and group level thats without 3rd party add ons, which make it even more powerful). Laptops are only allowed via VPN and quarantined first to check for updates, up to date virus protection, and the firewall turned on. Along with other procedures to vary from client to client.
Sounds expensive? It is, but I only cater my administrative services to clients that are willing to take the splurge for a secure network, why? Because they are willing to pay for my expertise, I make $150/hr doing development work, I ask the same for my administrative work, because to me an hour is an hour, and I really would be rather doing development work. Also by making the network more secure and reliable, I have less emergency calls, which throw my development schedule out of wack.
Updates I just use my own judgment on what needs to be tested and applied in the short term, vs what I need to apply during the next maintenance cycle, does a public web server really need an update for DFS when it's on a network that has no DFS shares? Sure I will test that on my test network (I use VMware extensively for the test network since I have over 20-30 different server configurations, not as good as a true test network, but a consultant has to make do), and apply it the next time I have to take the server down for an important update, or for hardware mx, but I won't waste my weekend over it. I keep a database of updates, and the servers that I have applied them to, next time one comes up for that server, an custom app I wrote will auto download those updates from a network share that throw on a USB disk and apply when I take it down.
It's a time consuming system on a per a patch basis, but across 10 clients with 5-10 servers and 2-3 ISA Servers each, the cost is spread out. I also ask for a yearly contract for the server monitoring, and update service.
Actually Allen leaving Microsoft would have had little effect on the founding of Linux, sure the push for the desktop Linux may not be as great, if Windows was Unix like, but it still would be there, because the founding of linux has little to do with Microsoft according to the histories I have read.
Also Windows ain't that bad, at least not in the hands of a competent tech. The biggest issue is the mindset, Linux is deployed as a multi-user OS with a default setup in multi-user mode, Windows is deployed as a multi-user OS with a default install in a single user mode.
This is done for a couple of reasons, first is the lack of foresight by Microsoft, the second is despite XP having all the tools, and all the developer guides encourage techniques to craft programs that don't require administrator rights, the developers of the 3rd party programs simple don't follow the rules, and are pumping out crap. As an administrator I have to carefully evaluate programs and hardware (at least the programs that run said hardware) to find what works with the lower privilege accounts I give my users and what doesn't. While developers for Linux except the default users to have lower privileges.
Personally I go for years without reinstalling Windows, my servers and customer servers have up times that are only interrupted by real world problems (ie hurricane knocking out power for 3 days to a site, or have to shut down system to do hardware work). It's all in the experience of the admin and the admins knowledge of the operating system.
Aero Glass will run on the GMA 900 series that comes on the lowest end Centrino laptops.
Part 135 is the section of FARs that covers charter service, these are mostly smaller operators
Other examples you might here is part 61, this is the section that deals with the certification of pilots, part 91, contains most of the flight related law for most pilots, pilots flying under part 121 and part 135 still follow all of the same rules under part 91 (though some rules might be stricter under part 121 and 135).
You can read all of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations here, that contains all of the FARs.e cfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14tab_02.tpl
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?&c=
Class B airspace is a type of airspace, it requires a transponder squawking (transmitting) a unique code, and constant contact with ATC, PITA to fly in, because of it's actual requirement of clearance to enter, which can be hard to get on busy days. Personally I avoid flight in Class B and busy class C airspace when I am flying VFR.
It's not the airlines that are closing local airports, it's land developers, NIMBYs, and their political lackey's (*cough*Daley*cough*). It's stupid mayors that are pushing for their own ADIZs (*cough*Daley*cough*).
I really should get that cough looked at.
Most commerical (part 121 and 135) traffic flies in Class A airspace.
Personally I am mixed on this program, I believe that border security needs to be strengthened but at a pilot I am kind of scared of being forced to share airspace with UAVs, and the pop-up TFRs that go with them.
TFRs are the bane of private pilots because they are often short notice, large enough to be an inconvenience, but small enough that you can transit most of the center of what they are trying to protect in under a minute, and Part 121 and often part 135 traffic is most often exempted (the aircraft that can do the most damage). Here in Florida for the shuttle launches we have 24 hour TFRs (the TFR is post 9/11 NASA had used a set of restricted airspace that was much smaller or oriented downrange), that are so large that it cuts off East coast VFR corridor between Orlando's Class B airspace and the ADIZ. Forcing pilots to fly an obstacle course of TFR, restricted, and controlled airspace to get to their destination.
It's amazing the amount of money companies will ask for, when it comes to these type of solutions. I will admit that Citrix is a great product, but considering how much more it costs over Terminal Services, and RRAS (both only costing CALs that you have to pay for anyways with a Citrix solution) I could never justify the costs for the added features, no matter how integrated and seamless it is.
This article doesn't make sense either, if they are using Exchange, OWA is no more cost then server hardware, to me it sounds like a someone isn't pricing things out correctly.
If any other browser had money that was targetable Eolas would have to go after them.
Like most Slashdotters you didn't RTFA, he was arrested by Scotland Yard, thats in London.
Second he is a known hackers, he hacked into servers, he helped spread propaganda, and training manuals, this isn't some case of some stupid high school kid, it's an adult that knew what he was doing, and saw the results of it on video and pictures, he is being charged and going to trail because there is more then enough evidence to prosecute him on other charges, after he serves his time perhaps the DOJ can try him here for his computer crimes against US computers.
If you want to feel pity, feel pity for the victims that were killed because the terrorists had access to the training manuals he provided with his hacked servers, or the families having to watch their loved being beheaded on the internet. Not this adult that knew what he was doing.
nVidia always put made the mobile drivers the responsibility of the laptop maker, at least as long as I have had a nVidia Go cards in my laptop it sucks, but hacked drivers are available because the limitation is inf based, take a peek at the inf file in one of the hacked driver sites, and you can hack together your own inf file for each nVidia release.
Myself, I would like to see BSG available like this via some sort of subscription, ie I pay lets say $50-60, and I can download the episodes each week as it's released, and at the DVD release points, they send me the boxed set.
Though it's more then the Amazon.co.uk price for Kong.
Actually based on Amazon.co.uk that price is in line for what they pay for a movie in the UK.
The aircraft I fly had a duel Garmin 530 outfit with TCAS, certified for both ILS Cat I and GPS Enroute, and Approaches.
Network neutrality and the connections one can pay for are two totally different things.
Just about anything permanently mounted to an aircraft requires FAA approval, most early GPSs were not IFR approved, but now almost all panel mount GPSs have certification for enroute navigation, and many have approval for approach use (on GPS approaches).
I know this for a fact because I had a field inspector yelling at me about a camera mount until I showed him that it was removable, and not a hazard to flight.
The FAA
We're not happy, until you're not happy.
None of those formats support DRM and the labels will not allow their music to be sold without DRM. If Microsoft can't pull this stuff with their standards, nor can Apple.
For those of you wondering what I mean seee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_Field
move along. The part that isn't stressed that these are on the USMC Workplace computers, not the recreational computers (based on the followup to one of the Wonkette articles). Though I agree that all those sites should be censored, blocking on workplace computers is the norm, not the except in many workplaces around the world.