No, the idea is that they did try. They try and try until market dominance is theirs. Then they stop. When was the last time you've seen something truly innovative / awesome in a Microsoft product that completely dominates it's market?
There is a lot of pointy-clicky, but enough can be done at a console for Microsoft to put a telnet server into server products for remote admin (such as the "netsh" network configuration utility).
I run Familiar linux on my h3800, with the Opie environment. It combines everything I liked about PocketPC (the PIM apps, mainly) with everything I liked about PalmOS (interface & stability) with a healthy toss in from Linux (GPL'ed software in droves). It has it's own quirks, but if you have an officially supported PDA, release 0.8 oughta "just work". And, it's binary compatible with Debian on ARM and the Sharp Zaurus. Sure, the screen is small, but with a folding keyboard it's enough to do almost anything. Disclaimer for those using more current versions of PalmOS than what came with the Palm IIxe: I don't know what current PalmOS PIM apps can do, I can only compare to my IIIxe
As not to sound like a Familiar fanboy, there are certian things that have irked me about it. The install process can be tricky. It involves installing a new bootloader, which normally goes alright (but if it fails, you've just "bricked" the ipaq. Compaq fixed them for free, don't know about current HP policy). However, when flashing the actual OS, sometimes things goof apparently... upon reflashing to upgrade from Familiar 0.7.2 to 0.8, something messed up, and my wlan kernel modules were wonky, as well as suspend (i.e.- it didn't.) I reflashed it, and it works perfectly. Also, some apps just don't work right, from either bugs or poor configuration (such as konqueror-embedded not being compiled with ssl support... come on, is it that big of a deal?)
The single best thing about it though, is being able to use vim on the damn thing. Who cares about note taking software when you have vim?;)
Methinks it was the other way around... I owned a h1915, which I got through Best Buy. Then again, HP may have started punting that numbering scheme around then as well.
I remember reading about hydrogen fuel-cells at one point. IANAFCS (I Am Not A Fuel-Cell Specialist) but the hydrogen is stored in a metal matrix-like device that's tuned to only be able to emit enough hydrogen to fuel the actual fuel cell, even if, say, the entire storage device had all of it's protective cover removed. This is where much of the costs of fuel cells come in, as this matrix requires lots of metals like platinum.
Then again, I musta read that about 3 years ago, so I could very well be wrong.
It's a nice idea, but one runs into issues when one starts contending with ideas such as the rocket blowing up mid-launch. Enough nuclear waste to make this kinda thing possible blowing up in the upper atmosphere, even on accident, would cause Very Bad Things.
If you've got a 3xxx or 5xxx series PDA, that's when you install Familiar Linux onto it. Once I stopped fucking with shit I ought not to be fucking with (the "Geee, let's see what this will do" syndrome), the only resets I've had to do are when letting the battery empty on accident. Rock-solid, and binary-compatible with Debian for ARM, and Sharp Zaurus software (GUI software for the Zaurus requires the Opie qt-based environment). Haven't missed anything from WinCE at all on my iPaq 3800.
Dude, dude, dude! Get in the 21st century! They're not called "hammers" or "blunt objects" anymore. They're called "Lawyers" and "Laws & the political process" these days. Jeesh.
Without a package manager, it's practically impossible to remove a program
After using Slackware for about a year, 90-95% of all software I use that isn't already prebuilt I compile by hand. I put the source directory in/usr/local/src, and run './configure && make && su -c "make install" && make clean' on it. Works like a charm. To see what I've got installed beyond the Slackware installation, it's a simple ls. To uninstall, most if not all properly done modern software has an uninstall target specified in it's makefile, thus making package uninstall a breeze. It does require a bit more disk space, but it also allows me to keep good tabs on what's installed in the system.
Of course, the only downside is when one gets source that doesn't quite get the autoconf magic right, or ignores it altogether *cough* PVM *cough*
I use Apache by choice and choice alone. I'm running Windows on the desktop simply for Autodesk and Adobe products (No luck for me getting Architectural Desktop running under WineX or whatever they call it now). People run Apache because they want to, and people run Windows because they have to. Show me a market block for desktops, with users similar to Apache users (informed of alternatives, able to deploy what they wish based upon reasons of merit rather than software lock-in) and I'm sure the Windows desktop usage shrinks.
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The problem is that in a "Trusted Computing" environment, you won't be able to run your own program without the encryption keys. The problem now becomes getting said keys. Also, the "secure storage" part of it, which is touted to protect your private data from malicious crackers and malware, keys in files to the program they were run in. For example- if you created a file in vim in a TrustedLinux distro, you wouldn't be able to do anything with that file except in vim. That is, if you can even run vim.
I'm stocking up on my currently non-trusted computers for these reasons
That's funny, because last time I used one, I followed the directions. Then it told me to remove the unpurchased item from the bag. I had no unpurchased item in my bag. So, I took out a carrot I bought. Then after doing the next item, it had me put the item in the bag... the item was already in the bag. So I put the carrot back in. Then after repeating this cycle a few times, I just gave up and went to a human.
My iPaq 3800 (3850 I think?) is sitting right next to me, running Familiar unstable, with Opie unstable. Once I got it set up, it hasn't locked once. My only problem is that it's only like 95% compatible with stuff for the Sharp Zaurus, but that's solved with a compatibility library quite easily. Oh, and it doesn't do X like GPE (the gtk palmtop stuff) natively, but then again, GPE's PIM apps suck major ass.
I'm also a student here, and I do customer support as well... NetFiles is just about the only new service to replace the "cluster" (imagine a shitload of ancient mainframes running every student and staff service you can imagine) that has been deployed without a hitch (the https thing being the only issue. However NetFiles runs flawlessly with Firefox)... our Express Email system (from Mirapoint) had severe service problems when it first started getting heavy usage last year (and still doesn't employ a spam filter), our web-based registration system is almost as insane as the ancient IBM terminal based system that was recently retired (Come on... "R" for "Thursday"???), and the campus internet connection dies on an almost weekly basis (with nothing on the system status page to say at least "Yeah, we know, we're working on it" until it's fixed... sometimes). I'm not too pleased... can you guess?
You do realize that if the government started not going by *any* budgetary control, it would hemmorage money even more than it does now, only now it would cause worse inflation because it just "makes" the money it needs.
Global warming has much more to do than the direct heat you recieve. For example: a body of water will temper the local climate of an area, by absorbing heat during the warmer months and releasing it during the winter months. Now, you get melting arctic ice, that means the largest thermal regulation device in the world (the Oceans) is getting larger, and colder. This affects *everything*.
I live in the Chicago area, and it's been getting colder there, too, but the temperature affect we're seeing isn't from a massive cooldown, it's from the jet stream that normally swings far north into Canada coming down and sweeping across our home towns. I've heard this is more than a likely effect of global warming.
Fact of the matter is that, yes, this is most likely another swing to an extreme in the Earth's climate cycle. But the question is that "Does Man have a significant impact upon this natural cycle?" Most research points to "yes"
Yeah, but would they delete a mass of emails that they normally wouldn't just because somebody filed a FOIA request for them?
Besides, wasn't transparency in government the goal of FOIA? If the Army has a legit reason why a given email ought not to be produced, I'm pretty sure there's a provision for it, but if the Army is doing naughty things, then they oughta be accountable for it.
Wouldn't normally evidence that suggests that MS is doing naughty things (manipulation of evidence, etc.) invite a DoJ probe or something to see what exactly they're up to?
Or are actions like that limited to smaller companies that don't have the money to move to make problems "go away"?
Sun makes the exact opposite of that for their SPARC systems to run x86 code; my father only uses SPARC workstations at his job, and they all use the "SunPCI" (creative name, eh?) with a full-blown AMD proc and everything.
Also, IIRC, somebody made/makes a full-blown G3 system that fits in a 5.25" drive bay, all you need to do is attach a drive. I'm trying really really hard to get a link if possible, and will post as soon as I find it... Something like that would work wonders with some VNC software.
This point has been brought up on other discussions in the past, but basically it comes down to quality of administration and use. I find that the point-clicky Windows UI lets people have dillusions of being good sysadmins, and three weeks uptime is friggin awesome. Get a MS and *nix admin who both know their stuff on modern versions of their respective OSes, and I betcha you won't be able to determine which machine is which based on uptimes.
I actually think Windows is having the same problem as Linux is right now: it makes a better server rather than desktop OS (crappyness of MS SQL, IIS, etc. notwithstanding). The problem is that the Linux community actively acknowledges that fact (and sometimes embraces and pushes it) while Windows is giving a rather powerful OS out to the masses with directions more-or-less along the lines of "1.) Move mouse to pretty icon. 2.) Double Click(TM) mouse button. 3.) PROFIT!!1one!"
Actually, my current desktop is a HP zd7000 custom build running Slackware, and I had better stability under Windows because I had *decent* nvidia drivers, and the built-in wLan works most of the time using ndiswrapper with the Windows drivers, but occasionally it hangs... hard. And Id Software has working sound engines under Windows, whereas I have to perform all sorts of ALSA voodoo to get it working
Sidenote: Yes. This is a post from a Linux user who is actually praising the OS from Redmond, and comparing Linux unfavorably against it. Doesn't mean I'm touching that XP CD in my closet anytime soon other than to play with it in Bochs
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Nevermind the Chicagoland radio stations for the most part suck major ass... FCC deregulation and corporate buyouts has only hurt Chicago's radio.
No, the idea is that they did try. They try and try until market dominance is theirs. Then they stop. When was the last time you've seen something truly innovative / awesome in a Microsoft product that completely dominates it's market?
There is a lot of pointy-clicky, but enough can be done at a console for Microsoft to put a telnet server into server products for remote admin (such as the "netsh" network configuration utility).
That's the best reply ever.
And I also use my PDA as my laptop; my HP zd7000 is just wayyy to damn big to carry around
I run Familiar linux on my h3800, with the Opie environment. It combines everything I liked about PocketPC (the PIM apps, mainly) with everything I liked about PalmOS (interface & stability) with a healthy toss in from Linux (GPL'ed software in droves). It has it's own quirks, but if you have an officially supported PDA, release 0.8 oughta "just work". And, it's binary compatible with Debian on ARM and the Sharp Zaurus. Sure, the screen is small, but with a folding keyboard it's enough to do almost anything. Disclaimer for those using more current versions of PalmOS than what came with the Palm IIxe: I don't know what current PalmOS PIM apps can do, I can only compare to my IIIxe
As not to sound like a Familiar fanboy, there are certian things that have irked me about it. The install process can be tricky. It involves installing a new bootloader, which normally goes alright (but if it fails, you've just "bricked" the ipaq. Compaq fixed them for free, don't know about current HP policy). However, when flashing the actual OS, sometimes things goof apparently... upon reflashing to upgrade from Familiar 0.7.2 to 0.8, something messed up, and my wlan kernel modules were wonky, as well as suspend (i.e.- it didn't.) I reflashed it, and it works perfectly. Also, some apps just don't work right, from either bugs or poor configuration (such as konqueror-embedded not being compiled with ssl support... come on, is it that big of a deal?)
The single best thing about it though, is being able to use vim on the damn thing. Who cares about note taking software when you have vim? ;)
Methinks it was the other way around... I owned a h1915, which I got through Best Buy. Then again, HP may have started punting that numbering scheme around then as well.
I remember reading about hydrogen fuel-cells at one point. IANAFCS (I Am Not A Fuel-Cell Specialist) but the hydrogen is stored in a metal matrix-like device that's tuned to only be able to emit enough hydrogen to fuel the actual fuel cell, even if, say, the entire storage device had all of it's protective cover removed. This is where much of the costs of fuel cells come in, as this matrix requires lots of metals like platinum.
Then again, I musta read that about 3 years ago, so I could very well be wrong.
It's a nice idea, but one runs into issues when one starts contending with ideas such as the rocket blowing up mid-launch. Enough nuclear waste to make this kinda thing possible blowing up in the upper atmosphere, even on accident, would cause Very Bad Things.
Hell, *I* wouldn't mind a wifi phone tower in my back yard, as long as I can use it as free broadband as well :)
If you've got a 3xxx or 5xxx series PDA, that's when you install Familiar Linux onto it. Once I stopped fucking with shit I ought not to be fucking with (the "Geee, let's see what this will do" syndrome), the only resets I've had to do are when letting the battery empty on accident. Rock-solid, and binary-compatible with Debian for ARM, and Sharp Zaurus software (GUI software for the Zaurus requires the Opie qt-based environment). Haven't missed anything from WinCE at all on my iPaq 3800.
Dude, dude, dude! Get in the 21st century! They're not called "hammers" or "blunt objects" anymore. They're called "Lawyers" and "Laws & the political process" these days. Jeesh.
After using Slackware for about a year, 90-95% of all software I use that isn't already prebuilt I compile by hand. I put the source directory in /usr/local/src, and run './configure && make && su -c "make install" && make clean' on it. Works like a charm. To see what I've got installed beyond the Slackware installation, it's a simple ls. To uninstall, most if not all properly done modern software has an uninstall target specified in it's makefile, thus making package uninstall a breeze. It does require a bit more disk space, but it also allows me to keep good tabs on what's installed in the system.
Of course, the only downside is when one gets source that doesn't quite get the autoconf magic right, or ignores it altogether *cough* PVM *cough*
I use Apache by choice and choice alone. I'm running Windows on the desktop simply for Autodesk and Adobe products (No luck for me getting Architectural Desktop running under WineX or whatever they call it now). People run Apache because they want to, and people run Windows because they have to. Show me a market block for desktops, with users similar to Apache users (informed of alternatives, able to deploy what they wish based upon reasons of merit rather than software lock-in) and I'm sure the Windows desktop usage shrinks.
The problem is that in a "Trusted Computing" environment, you won't be able to run your own program without the encryption keys. The problem now becomes getting said keys. Also, the "secure storage" part of it, which is touted to protect your private data from malicious crackers and malware, keys in files to the program they were run in. For example- if you created a file in vim in a TrustedLinux distro, you wouldn't be able to do anything with that file except in vim. That is, if you can even run vim.
I'm stocking up on my currently non-trusted computers for these reasons
That's funny, because last time I used one, I followed the directions. Then it told me to remove the unpurchased item from the bag. I had no unpurchased item in my bag. So, I took out a carrot I bought. Then after doing the next item, it had me put the item in the bag... the item was already in the bag. So I put the carrot back in. Then after repeating this cycle a few times, I just gave up and went to a human.
My iPaq 3800 (3850 I think?) is sitting right next to me, running Familiar unstable, with Opie unstable. Once I got it set up, it hasn't locked once. My only problem is that it's only like 95% compatible with stuff for the Sharp Zaurus, but that's solved with a compatibility library quite easily. Oh, and it doesn't do X like GPE (the gtk palmtop stuff) natively, but then again, GPE's PIM apps suck major ass.
I'm also a student here, and I do customer support as well... NetFiles is just about the only new service to replace the "cluster" (imagine a shitload of ancient mainframes running every student and staff service you can imagine) that has been deployed without a hitch (the https thing being the only issue. However NetFiles runs flawlessly with Firefox)... our Express Email system (from Mirapoint) had severe service problems when it first started getting heavy usage last year (and still doesn't employ a spam filter), our web-based registration system is almost as insane as the ancient IBM terminal based system that was recently retired (Come on... "R" for "Thursday"???), and the campus internet connection dies on an almost weekly basis (with nothing on the system status page to say at least "Yeah, we know, we're working on it" until it's fixed... sometimes). I'm not too pleased... can you guess?
*choke*
Wow. Every joy I had about this just left my body. I will now choke on my own tongue, thankyouverymuch
You do realize that if the government started not going by *any* budgetary control, it would hemmorage money even more than it does now, only now it would cause worse inflation because it just "makes" the money it needs.
Global warming has much more to do than the direct heat you recieve. For example: a body of water will temper the local climate of an area, by absorbing heat during the warmer months and releasing it during the winter months. Now, you get melting arctic ice, that means the largest thermal regulation device in the world (the Oceans) is getting larger, and colder. This affects *everything*.
I live in the Chicago area, and it's been getting colder there, too, but the temperature affect we're seeing isn't from a massive cooldown, it's from the jet stream that normally swings far north into Canada coming down and sweeping across our home towns. I've heard this is more than a likely effect of global warming.
Fact of the matter is that, yes, this is most likely another swing to an extreme in the Earth's climate cycle. But the question is that "Does Man have a significant impact upon this natural cycle?" Most research points to "yes"
Yeah, but would they delete a mass of emails that they normally wouldn't just because somebody filed a FOIA request for them?
Besides, wasn't transparency in government the goal of FOIA? If the Army has a legit reason why a given email ought not to be produced, I'm pretty sure there's a provision for it, but if the Army is doing naughty things, then they oughta be accountable for it.
Wouldn't normally evidence that suggests that MS is doing naughty things (manipulation of evidence, etc.) invite a DoJ probe or something to see what exactly they're up to?
Or are actions like that limited to smaller companies that don't have the money to move to make problems "go away"?
Sun makes the exact opposite of that for their SPARC systems to run x86 code; my father only uses SPARC workstations at his job, and they all use the "SunPCI" (creative name, eh?) with a full-blown AMD proc and everything.
Also, IIRC, somebody made/makes a full-blown G3 system that fits in a 5.25" drive bay, all you need to do is attach a drive. I'm trying really really hard to get a link if possible, and will post as soon as I find it... Something like that would work wonders with some VNC software.
This point has been brought up on other discussions in the past, but basically it comes down to quality of administration and use. I find that the point-clicky Windows UI lets people have dillusions of being good sysadmins, and three weeks uptime is friggin awesome. Get a MS and *nix admin who both know their stuff on modern versions of their respective OSes, and I betcha you won't be able to determine which machine is which based on uptimes.
I actually think Windows is having the same problem as Linux is right now: it makes a better server rather than desktop OS (crappyness of MS SQL, IIS, etc. notwithstanding). The problem is that the Linux community actively acknowledges that fact (and sometimes embraces and pushes it) while Windows is giving a rather powerful OS out to the masses with directions more-or-less along the lines of "1.) Move mouse to pretty icon. 2.) Double Click(TM) mouse button. 3.) PROFIT!!1one!"
Actually, my current desktop is a HP zd7000 custom build running Slackware, and I had better stability under Windows because I had *decent* nvidia drivers, and the built-in wLan works most of the time using ndiswrapper with the Windows drivers, but occasionally it hangs... hard. And Id Software has working sound engines under Windows, whereas I have to perform all sorts of ALSA voodoo to get it working
Sidenote: Yes. This is a post from a Linux user who is actually praising the OS from Redmond, and comparing Linux unfavorably against it. Doesn't mean I'm touching that XP CD in my closet anytime soon other than to play with it in Bochs
Has anybody ever tried to hack it so Emacs is the OS, as in "Emacs/Linux" vs. "GNU/Linux"?