I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that this may not be such a bad thing. Mr. Duval may now start another project, and build something good again. Mandrake(driva) had really started to fall off a few releases ago in my opinion. Many people I know are using Fedora now that used Mandrake in the past. I certainly feel bad that Mr. Duval is now unemployed, but perhaps we can build something positive out of this. Mandrake used to be the distro I told people to start with, lately it's been Ubuntu. Perhaps this can be a day remembered as the day a new distro was born, and it was also today that Mandriva lost a great asset. Just trying to remain positive.
The problem is slightly more complex than you obviously understand. I filter Internet access at home, and my daughter has been explicitly banned from myspace.com for the exact reasons everyone has been ranting about. She was lying about her age so she could talk to her friends online and meet new people. She was starting to get to know some people who were older and had expectations of behavior from her. Once I implemented a very strict Internet filtering at the house, she just logs on from the schools library. At least at home I was able to monitor all of her activities, but the other facilities that provide Internet access lack either the capability or desire to restrict sites. The problem is that the youth of this country actually think they have control of their lives. They don't understand that dangerous people are out there, and they don't have the ability to fend for themselves. My daughter is starting to figure this out, but it took the rape of one of her friends to finally start to get it.
I would also like to point out that this is not a new trend. We had it in our youth too. Every one of us, at one point, thought we were invincible and nothing bad could happen to us. Every person I know has felt like they were in control of their lives at some point. It's just more dangerous now, as evil people have access to newer, better resources.
Just my.02
I call bullshit. If you're dumb enough to hire someone whose expertise consists of "I read a book." then you deserve every idiot you hire. Before I would even consider hiring someone, they better show PROOF of expertise, not a cert, not a book, not a 2 week training course. They better be able to document EXPERIENCE. There are NO books that will make you an expert. PERIOD. If you think that's the case, you are sorely mistaken. If you're insulted by a book being for beginners, then you need to relax, there a much bigger things in life to get upset about. I'm sorry they couldn't make the book title "Teach yourself enough Unix to succesfully navigate the environment without feeling completely lost in 24 hours".
Seems kinda wordy to me.
My.02
I reviewed this book in a comparison against "Unix for Dummies" and I can tell you with a very high degree of certainty that this book is a good starting point. Please notice the title is not "Be the Ultimate Unix Shell HaX0r in 24 Hours." This is a way to get introduced to Unix for a new user, and perhaps even learn a new trick for some people with moderate talent. If you've been around *nix for more than a few years, you probably won't get much from this book.
As far as insulting goes, you should read any of the "for dummies" books. They are certainly titled correctly. What they lack in technical insight they make up for with stupid puns and comics. That being said, I will admit a bias, since when I refer to a technical tome, I'm looking for technical information, not lame humor. You'll notice there are no amazing books that are a complete way to learn everything there is to know about anything technical.
As an instructor at a college, I've read more than my fair share of books and without fail, they all miss something important. This is exactly why I tell my students, every quarter, that if they want to truly understand the material they must read several books. No book can possibly cover every aspect of anything technical enough to make you an "expert". No book is a substitute for hands-on experience. However, a good book gives one a starting point, an introduction. This is what they're supposed to do. Any book that claims they will turn you into a guru, is lying to you to sell books.
I have often wondered about why the frequency ranges are so terribly restricted. It seems to me that we should have better diversity in our frequency ranges. Why does everything in the world have to operate at 2.4 Ghz? The FCC is saturating that frequency band at an unsustanable rate. Just my.02
I would consider AVG anti-virus and Opera web browser to be the most useful. Both free, or nagware. I would definately install Ad-Aware, which is free. WinRar is a good unzip utility. There was a firewall I once had called HackTracer. It was very good, and I think it was free for non-commercial use. I know ethereal is another app I always install quick.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that this may not be such a bad thing. Mr. Duval may now start another project, and build something good again. Mandrake(driva) had really started to fall off a few releases ago in my opinion. Many people I know are using Fedora now that used Mandrake in the past. I certainly feel bad that Mr. Duval is now unemployed, but perhaps we can build something positive out of this. Mandrake used to be the distro I told people to start with, lately it's been Ubuntu. Perhaps this can be a day remembered as the day a new distro was born, and it was also today that Mandriva lost a great asset. Just trying to remain positive.
The problem is slightly more complex than you obviously understand. I filter Internet access at home, and my daughter has been explicitly banned from myspace.com for the exact reasons everyone has been ranting about. She was lying about her age so she could talk to her friends online and meet new people. She was starting to get to know some people who were older and had expectations of behavior from her. Once I implemented a very strict Internet filtering at the house, she just logs on from the schools library. At least at home I was able to monitor all of her activities, but the other facilities that provide Internet access lack either the capability or desire to restrict sites. The problem is that the youth of this country actually think they have control of their lives. They don't understand that dangerous people are out there, and they don't have the ability to fend for themselves. My daughter is starting to figure this out, but it took the rape of one of her friends to finally start to get it. I would also like to point out that this is not a new trend. We had it in our youth too. Every one of us, at one point, thought we were invincible and nothing bad could happen to us. Every person I know has felt like they were in control of their lives at some point. It's just more dangerous now, as evil people have access to newer, better resources. Just my .02
I call bullshit. If you're dumb enough to hire someone whose expertise consists of "I read a book." then you deserve every idiot you hire. Before I would even consider hiring someone, they better show PROOF of expertise, not a cert, not a book, not a 2 week training course. They better be able to document EXPERIENCE. There are NO books that will make you an expert. PERIOD. If you think that's the case, you are sorely mistaken. If you're insulted by a book being for beginners, then you need to relax, there a much bigger things in life to get upset about. I'm sorry they couldn't make the book title "Teach yourself enough Unix to succesfully navigate the environment without feeling completely lost in 24 hours". Seems kinda wordy to me. My .02
I reviewed this book in a comparison against "Unix for Dummies" and I can tell you with a very high degree of certainty that this book is a good starting point. Please notice the title is not "Be the Ultimate Unix Shell HaX0r in 24 Hours." This is a way to get introduced to Unix for a new user, and perhaps even learn a new trick for some people with moderate talent. If you've been around *nix for more than a few years, you probably won't get much from this book.
As far as insulting goes, you should read any of the "for dummies" books. They are certainly titled correctly. What they lack in technical insight they make up for with stupid puns and comics. That being said, I will admit a bias, since when I refer to a technical tome, I'm looking for technical information, not lame humor. You'll notice there are no amazing books that are a complete way to learn everything there is to know about anything technical.
As an instructor at a college, I've read more than my fair share of books and without fail, they all miss something important. This is exactly why I tell my students, every quarter, that if they want to truly understand the material they must read several books. No book can possibly cover every aspect of anything technical enough to make you an "expert". No book is a substitute for hands-on experience. However, a good book gives one a starting point, an introduction. This is what they're supposed to do. Any book that claims they will turn you into a guru, is lying to you to sell books.
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I have often wondered about why the frequency ranges are so terribly restricted. It seems to me that we should have better diversity in our frequency ranges. Why does everything in the world have to operate at 2.4 Ghz? The FCC is saturating that frequency band at an unsustanable rate. Just my .02
'Nuff said! ;)
All I want is friggin' robots with friggin' chainsaws on their friggin' heads! Can't somebody help me out here?
I would consider AVG anti-virus and Opera web browser to be the most useful. Both free, or nagware. I would definately install Ad-Aware, which is free. WinRar is a good unzip utility. There was a firewall I once had called HackTracer. It was very good, and I think it was free for non-commercial use. I know ethereal is another app I always install quick.