Well isn't FireFox a different beast to Mozilla? Yes they are based off the same original code base but ultimately Mozilla is a suite and FireFox is a pure browser. Admittedly Bells and Whistles (tm) are being added on a daily basis but they still fit the browser motif.
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Vim 6.3 Released
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"Happy Vimming!"
Am I the only one who thinks this sounds insanely dirty?!
I've always wondered what the advantage of paying for SUSE is? I mean from the user stand point, I understand the desire to support the "community", but when I can get all the same software from other distros for the cost of download time and a couple of blank CDs.
Mandrake is easy to install and configure, Fedora is extremely powerful, Gentoo is geeky beyond belief and Debian is solid as a rock. It seems that all niches have been filled already.
As previous articles on Slashdot have mentioned, the 28 does include cookies. Its debatable as to whether cookies should really be included in a report like this because of their lack of "payload".
Yes they report specific pieces of data to the originator but they don't have the ability to gather other information or damage the system.
A key congressional panel endorsed a bill that would force the makers of spyware to notify users before installing any software on their PCs.
As someone closely involved in the ISP Tech Support business anything that can help eliminate this problem would be gratefully received. I'm not sure this is going to have ANY effect though. 'Legitimate' (if that's not an oxymoron) spyware installers already notify users through an EULA or similar. The illegitimate ones don't care about the law anyway so will ignore this. What we really need are steep penalties for offenders when they are identified.
Oh, users who don't click on any message that flashes in front of them without reading it first would be helpful too.
As someone who has worked his way up the IT ladder by demonstrating technical ability rather than ability to regurgitate the contents of a text book I can attest to this.
It is especially true in the IT field where 3 months practical experience can very easily be more useful than 4 years of "book learnin'" I don't know how many times I have had to tell "MCSE's" how to perform some basic networking function that should have been covered in week 1 of the course. Still, nice to know their $10,000 hasn't been wasted.
The Rubik's Magic was the one thing I could actually do, I was about 9 when I got mine and figured it out in about 10 minutes. In the end the only thing slowing me down was the actual physical dynamics of the product.
The cube however is a totally different story, I've never once done that legitimately. I haven't picked one up for about 10 years though so maybe it would be a little easier now I'm a grown up (at least physically). Does anyone know of an online store that sells these things, the Magic and the Cube?
That is a genius idea, set your password to ******** and no one would ever guess it! I think I'll let the IS guys at work know that, beats their current security plan of everyone having the same password lest we forget.
I cannot agree more with this, it amazes me every time I hear of some important computer system being affected by an internet based infection or an internet routed hack.
Surely the only people who need to control a power plant (or dam release valves, or weapons sytems or whatever) are the people in the facility working at that time? So why have any type of network access to the system other than what is required within the grounds of the facility?
Of course I might be being naive, but I don't think so.
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Well isn't FireFox a different beast to Mozilla? Yes they are based off the same original code base but ultimately Mozilla is a suite and FireFox is a pure browser. Admittedly Bells and Whistles (tm) are being added on a daily basis but they still fit the browser motif.
"Happy Vimming!"
Am I the only one who thinks this sounds insanely dirty?!
I've always wondered what the advantage of paying for SUSE is? I mean from the user stand point, I understand the desire to support the "community", but when I can get all the same software from other distros for the cost of download time and a couple of blank CDs.
Mandrake is easy to install and configure, Fedora is extremely powerful, Gentoo is geeky beyond belief and Debian is solid as a rock. It seems that all niches have been filled already.
As previous articles on Slashdot have mentioned, the 28 does include cookies. Its debatable as to whether cookies should really be included in a report like this because of their lack of "payload".
Yes they report specific pieces of data to the originator but they don't have the ability to gather other information or damage the system.
A key congressional panel endorsed a bill that would force the makers of spyware to notify users before installing any software on their PCs.
As someone closely involved in the ISP Tech Support business anything that can help eliminate this problem would be gratefully received. I'm not sure this is going to have ANY effect though. 'Legitimate' (if that's not an oxymoron) spyware installers already notify users through an EULA or similar. The illegitimate ones don't care about the law anyway so will ignore this. What we really need are steep penalties for offenders when they are identified.
Oh, users who don't click on any message that flashes in front of them without reading it first would be helpful too.
It is especially true in the IT field where 3 months practical experience can very easily be more useful than 4 years of "book learnin'" I don't know how many times I have had to tell "MCSE's" how to perform some basic networking function that should have been covered in week 1 of the course. Still, nice to know their $10,000 hasn't been wasted.
How about a link?
Mozilla Sunbird
The Rubik's Magic was the one thing I could actually do, I was about 9 when I got mine and figured it out in about 10 minutes. In the end the only thing slowing me down was the actual physical dynamics of the product.
The cube however is a totally different story, I've never once done that legitimately. I haven't picked one up for about 10 years though so maybe it would be a little easier now I'm a grown up (at least physically). Does anyone know of an online store that sells these things, the Magic and the Cube?
That is a genius idea, set your password to ******** and no one would ever guess it! I think I'll let the IS guys at work know that, beats their current security plan of everyone having the same password lest we forget.
I cannot agree more with this, it amazes me every time I hear of some important computer system being affected by an internet based infection or an internet routed hack.
Surely the only people who need to control a power plant (or dam release valves, or weapons sytems or whatever) are the people in the facility working at that time? So why have any type of network access to the system other than what is required within the grounds of the facility?
Of course I might be being naive, but I don't think so.