I have 2 phone lines. Neither gets unsolicited calls. I've been on the federal do not call list since it started. My wife started getting hassled by an overseas telemarketer, so we turned the ringer off on that line (it's the second line anyway). Stays pretty quiet at my house.
Please explain what security hole will effect me when accessing my own servers from behind my firewall. If your so paranoid that your afraid launching IE will infect your computer with the digital equivilent of the ebola virus you have biger problems then Mozilla can address.
No problem with running anything on your own servers behind a firewall. I do it all the time. However, how are you using active desktop? I don't have it on my XP machine. Are you still stuck with a 9x system? I'm not trying to be rude, just wondering if you're doing this with an older system.
IMHO, the greatest charm of the printed magazine is the ability to read it from front to back, back to front, or anywhere in between using the table of contents.
The problems with reading a magazine on the web (or even content sites) is latency and organization. It's still faster to flip a page than to load a page.
I hate it when people call C64 or Amiga games ROMS. Those are not from a cartridge (except for a couple here and there), but are disk images or tape files etc.
My point exactly! And yes, my post was intended to elicit responses.
I want people to be aware that not all emulator files are ROM dumps. To group them all in one term means they don't even know what they have.
I cringe everytime I read about people talking about where to get "ROMs". ROM is an acronym that means "Read Only Memory". CD-ROMs, chip ROMs, etc. really are read only memory.
Emulator files, regardless of the file extension, are NOT read only memory. They are files which serve as containers for files from other operating systems.
No wonder my own son doesn't know the difference when people bandy it about like the latest fad word (i.e. phat, etc.).
Marty McFly: So does it run on regular unleaded gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Unfortunately no, it needs something with a little more kick - plutonium.
Marty McFly: Plutonium... wait, are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown: No no no, this sucker's electrical, but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Marty McFly: Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium... did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing filled with used pinball machine parts.
Forget airflow. I just want the tangled mess out of my case. If I had high-speed wireless with a range of only about 24 inches, it would be fast and secure. No fuss, no muss, and I wouldn't be pinching my fingers trying to get a cable in place or removed!
Not revealing my age, I was around for the progression of computers to the desktop. I have worked with various flavor of Unix, DOS and Windows.
For me, Microsoft helped to usher in the generation that went from the CLI to the GUI. Although I'm very confortable with the CLI, I prefer the GUI. Visual representation makes it easier for everyone to compute, not just the geeks and nerds.
Where would we be without Microsoft? IMHO, we'd be stuck using expensive computers with a CLI or more expensive computers with the Mac, Amiga, or some other GUI with proprietary hardware.
Of course, I could be all wrong... It's a matter of perspective.
Notice I said "gurus". I personally do not know how much of my swap file is in use most of the time. I know it gets used a great deal when I'm compressing a DVD or when I'm doing database intensive work. I have a gig of RAM, but it gets used up in those specific applications. I would probably need 10 gigs of RAM to avoid swap file usage in those circumstances.
From Windows XP back to Windows 95, gurus have suggested a fixed size of 2 or 2.5 times the size of your RAM. I keep it at 3 times, because I have CRS disease and can't remember the exact size. Better safe than sorry, since I have the room.
Swapping on a separate drive is faster than swapping on the same drive. I've tested that. I also put the "temp" directories on the separate drive, as well as the data directories for my applications. This includeds the mailbox for Outlook Express and the temporary internet files for Internet Explorer.
There's a big bonus to setting up like this, besides performance. There's less to backup from C: drive!
[Contrary to popular belief, not all nerds and geeks use OSS.]
The resources for you to do it yourself are readily available. Apache/PHP/MySql for the server are extremely easy to work with, even for most newbies (did it when I was a noob).
Design is a little more difficult. Windows users can benefit from expensive web editors such as Frontpage and Dreamweaver. However, if you're willing to learn HTML, XML, etc. (which doesn't take long), you can use a standard text editer (anything but notepad). I use UltraEdit.
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I have 2 phone lines. Neither gets unsolicited calls. I've been on the federal do not call list since it started. My wife started getting hassled by an overseas telemarketer, so we turned the ringer off on that line (it's the second line anyway). Stays pretty quiet at my house.
if I played video games. I'm just programming/script-writing nerd, not the other kind.
Doh!
No problem with running anything on your own servers behind a firewall. I do it all the time. However, how are you using active desktop? I don't have it on my XP machine. Are you still stuck with a 9x system? I'm not trying to be rude, just wondering if you're doing this with an older system.
(Nothing beats being able to reach over and punch your opponent. You can't do that online.)
Ummm...that already happened. Where have you been?
All the security holes that have been discovered in Windows (all versions) and you still trust that active POS? Are you crazy?
Seems like we've been there before with MSIE 4. It didn't work well then, why should we expect it to work well now?
Errr....
The British Pound sign or the other one?
(Don't hit me too hard.)
IMHO, the greatest charm of the printed magazine is the ability to read it from front to back, back to front, or anywhere in between using the table of contents.
The problems with reading a magazine on the web (or even content sites) is latency and organization. It's still faster to flip a page than to load a page.
I hate it when people call C64 or Amiga games ROMS. Those are not from a cartridge (except for a couple here and there), but are disk images or tape files etc.
My point exactly! And yes, my post was intended to elicit responses.
I want people to be aware that not all emulator files are ROM dumps. To group them all in one term means they don't even know what they have.
(Kenny's my pet badger.)
I cringe everytime I read about people talking about where to get "ROMs". ROM is an acronym that means "Read Only Memory". CD-ROMs, chip ROMs, etc. really are read only memory.
Emulator files, regardless of the file extension, are NOT read only memory. They are files which serve as containers for files from other operating systems.
No wonder my own son doesn't know the difference when people bandy it about like the latest fad word (i.e. phat, etc.).
I don't get it and I RTFA!
Maybe it's because I'm not that young anymore.
I don't need a machine to be boring, just ask my wife!
Simple: google.com
Not so simple: Having her understand what she's reading.
Marty McFly: So does it run on regular unleaded gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Unfortunately no, it needs something with a little more kick - plutonium.
Marty McFly: Plutonium... wait, are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown: No no no, this sucker's electrical, but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Marty McFly: Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium... did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing filled with used pinball machine parts.
Forget airflow. I just want the tangled mess out of my case. If I had high-speed wireless with a range of only about 24 inches, it would be fast and secure. No fuss, no muss, and I wouldn't be pinching my fingers trying to get a cable in place or removed!
Interesting isn't a word I'd choose to use for storms which are people killers.
Not revealing my age, I was around for the progression of computers to the desktop. I have worked with various flavor of Unix, DOS and Windows.
For me, Microsoft helped to usher in the generation that went from the CLI to the GUI. Although I'm very confortable with the CLI, I prefer the GUI. Visual representation makes it easier for everyone to compute, not just the geeks and nerds.
Where would we be without Microsoft? IMHO, we'd be stuck using expensive computers with a CLI or more expensive computers with the Mac, Amiga, or some other GUI with proprietary hardware.
Of course, I could be all wrong... It's a matter of perspective.
Notice I said "gurus". I personally do not know how much of my swap file is in use most of the time. I know it gets used a great deal when I'm compressing a DVD or when I'm doing database intensive work. I have a gig of RAM, but it gets used up in those specific applications. I would probably need 10 gigs of RAM to avoid swap file usage in those circumstances.
From Windows XP back to Windows 95, gurus have suggested a fixed size of 2 or 2.5 times the size of your RAM. I keep it at 3 times, because I have CRS disease and can't remember the exact size. Better safe than sorry, since I have the room.
Swapping on a separate drive is faster than swapping on the same drive. I've tested that. I also put the "temp" directories on the separate drive, as well as the data directories for my applications. This includeds the mailbox for Outlook Express and the temporary internet files for Internet Explorer.
There's a big bonus to setting up like this, besides performance. There's less to backup from C: drive!
[Contrary to popular belief, not all nerds and geeks use OSS.]
how big the elevator operator is. And does he work for tips?
The resources for you to do it yourself are readily available. Apache/PHP/MySql for the server are extremely easy to work with, even for most newbies (did it when I was a noob).
Design is a little more difficult. Windows users can benefit from expensive web editors such as Frontpage and Dreamweaver. However, if you're willing to learn HTML, XML, etc. (which doesn't take long), you can use a standard text editer (anything but notepad). I use UltraEdit.
For page design, I like to use Xara WebStyle. For PHP scripts, Hotscripts.com is the place to go.
Need a content management system? Check out the ones provided at opensourceCMS.
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