but it drives home the importance of keeping good anti-spyware and anti-virus software updated on both corporate systems as well as systems being used from home.
You can say that again. But you can't assume you're completely safe even on non-Windows system. A quick search on Mac software sites shows at least one keylogger and surely more are available. I'm sure equivalents exist for Linux, too. This sounds paranoid, yes, but the truth is if *anyone* else has access to your computer, either remotely or physically, there's a chance that everything you type is being recorded.
That's unfortunate, but isn't Fedora supposed to be more of a cutting-edge system not really aimed at "production" servers? Seems like Red Hat Enterprise, CentOS, or Debian (just a few examples, not a full list of course) would be more appropriate for environments that need updates over a long time frame.
Earlier today there was article covering the MS Zune, and now here's an Apple iPod "killer" article. I realize what's important is that both companies are huge, but I'm allergic to DRM, and immune to hype, so neither is at the top of my list.
You probably know this but it bears repeating since so many people seem unaware:
The iPod does not require you to use DRM'd music. It plays regular old MP3s (or AACs) ripped from your CDs or downloaded from P2P or flown in on floppies by carrier pigeon, whatever source you may choose. It has the ability to purchase songs from the iTunes store, but you don't have to and if you prefer another jukebox app you don't even necessarily have to use iTunes with it.
I really can't believe this debate (and the same "yeah, me too!") still comes up and gets modded insightful all the time. The point is not that Christianity's God wants you to worship him through his own insecurity, but that the bible says that the natural state for humans is to worship him -- that humans are happiest when they do so.
People have already replied but I feel like I should since you were responding to my message.
The above assumes you have a belief in the Christian God and the authority of the bible. Even if we assume humans are happier worshiping him, it certainly isn't the only way to be happy and doesn't necessitate being judged based on it.
Not everyone who attends church every Sunday is following what is in the scriptures (the same holds true for people of Jewish and Islamic faith as well) and you are correct that God will see right through the people who treated others like crap, but went to church every Sunday. However, to blame them rather than scripture for your disbelief is simply sad.
I am sorry if I gave the impression that I blame those people for my disbelief. What I intended to convey is this: Because I can't believe an omniscient god would judge us on dogmatic issues, I don't feel compelled to pick and participate in a religion. It's true, to some degree the "hypocritical" people do turn me off to it because I have encountered so many of them. But they are not specifically the reason I don't believe.
I beg to differ. Any god would be a determinist, an "aw, fuck it" kind of guy/gal. Anything you do is inconsequential and beyond the purview of any concept of "free will" ergo why would he/she care about anyone's "actions and the intentions behind them"?
I can't argue with that, which is why I said I expect that's how a god would judge us if it chose to do so.:) I don't necessarily believe it even would -- but my point is that if there were some omniscient being judging us I'm sure it would not be based on what church you went to and whether you took any religious text literally.
Bravo! I find it inconceivable that a being as omniscient and all-knowing as a "god" would be so petty as to consider one set of dogmatic beliefs to be right or wrong.
Why should God conform to your expectations?
Because the commonly held perspective seems unreasonable and is based only on the "because the bible says so" line of reasoning that only makes sense if you already believe the bible is an authoritative religious text.
Any God that cares if you worshipped him doesn't deserve the position.
Bravo! I find it inconceivable that a being as omniscient and all-knowing as a "god" would be so petty as to consider one set of dogmatic beliefs to be right or wrong. It would judge people (if it chooses to judge them at all) by their actions and the intentions behind them, not details of which creation story they chose to believe in. In fact, I say such a god would see right through the people who treated others like crap but went to church every sunday because they thought that's what is necessary for salvation. And this is one of the reasons I myself am not religious. I see no reason to seek validation by any being who would actually care whether I attend church or not.
But there *is* a replacement on the way -- the Linux-based replacement that the article summary mentions. The Palm OS is not actaully going away, they've just outgrown the classic Palm OS core and are replacing it with Linux as the kernel.
I've actually heard of kids in middle and high school who use SMS and IM so much that they legitimately don't know how to spell words like "you", "your/you're", and will use internet abbreviations (lol, idk, etc.) in school papers.
Have you been in any university courses lately? There is an amazing number of people in supposed "higher education" who don't know the difference between their/they're/there and your/you're. Sadly, the phenomenon is not isolated to prolific text-messagers either. I saw it far too many times for that to be the case. Heck, just a couple days ago I saw a bumper sticker proclaiming that the car's occupants were proud "GrantParent's" of a kid at a local high school. Good grief.
Because after all, Windows Vista only uses one core if your processor has more than one. Any other cores are secretly used by the OS to generate pure evil.
As was the case with XP Home, Vista Home will only use one processor. It will take advantage of multiple cores on that processor, but ignores any more than one physical processor. That seems pretty silly to me since tons of free Linux and *BSD distributions will let you use multiple processors, and in the Mac world the same copy of the OS happily uses all your hardware whether it's a multi-processor, 8-core Mac Pro or an original Core Solo Mac Mini. This arguably doesn't matter to the average consumer but I don't like the idea of putting an artificial restriction on an OS so you can milk more money out of people who have better hardware.
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The promise of web browsing in your hand that sctually renders real web pages correctly.
This is a huge feature to me. Not that I'm really going to drop all that cash on one. But its ability to zoom in and out from full page view to readable text makes it possible to use a "real" browser on a mobile device without limiting one's self to mobile-friendly sites.
For those who want a minimalist browser kind of like Camino for Windows, K-Meleon might be the answer: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ One down side is that the pace of development is a bit slower, as is the case with Camino. But I think it succeeds in its goal of being a lightweight, native-feeling, Gecko-based browser.
"Funny" would be a much more appropriate rating for the parent than "interesting". Someone with mod points is a little confused.:)
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I find CentOS to be stable, easy to maintain and navigate around, and most importantly reliable with regular and prompt updates.
Absolutely. I use Debian on servers (it's what I know and am comfortable with) but I would definitely consider CentOS and recommend it to others who are less *NIX-savvy.
Ah, the Mac Pro. Apple released a firmware update that added a BIOS emulation module, thus tricking Windows into thinking it was booting off a PC with BIOS.
All Intel Macs have a "BIOS emulation mode" -- though the earlier ones require a firmware update first. This is not limited to the Mac Pro. Boot Camp makes the partitioning easier, but the firmware update is all that is required to get your Mac to recognize other x86 operating systems.
I know plenty of Mac users who have to do clean installs all the time because their machines get so clogged up with worms and viruses. All of these whiners talk like that's not true!
Should have used the Preview button. D'oh.
Macs can and do have problems, like all computers -- no argument here. But these problems to *not* include worms or virus infections. I have been working as a Mac tech professionally for about five years now, and I have *never*, and I repeat *never* seen a Mac infected with any virus other than MS Office macro virus.
I know plenty of Mac users who have to do clean installs all the time because their machines get so clogged up with worms and viruses. All of these whiners talk like that's not true!
Macs can and do have problems, like all computers -- no argument here. But these problems to *not* include worms or virus infections. I have been working as a Mac tech professionally for about five years now, and I have *never*, and I repeat *never* seen a Mac infected with any virus other than MS Office macro virus.
I was about to recommend this model, but I'll second your comment. We have one of these at home and I love it. As you mentioned, the graphics part is subjective, but it's networked, not very big, and reasonably fast. And it comes at a pretty low price for what you get. I have seen them as low at $150.
I also have to chime in -- this is exactly what happens to me daily. As part of my job I often migrate customer data from an old computer to a new one. Part of that often entails figuring out which mail client they used and integrating its data (saved mail, addresses) into the current software on their new machine. Quite frequently people *tell* me they use a specific mail app when in fact they don't, and they really just have their browser's home page set to Hotmail. They don't understand that there is any difference between webmail and a mail client on your computer.
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Thanks for pointing that out. Good to know. :)
That's unfortunate, but isn't Fedora supposed to be more of a cutting-edge system not really aimed at "production" servers? Seems like Red Hat Enterprise, CentOS, or Debian (just a few examples, not a full list of course) would be more appropriate for environments that need updates over a long time frame.
The iPod does not require you to use DRM'd music. It plays regular old MP3s (or AACs) ripped from your CDs or downloaded from P2P or flown in on floppies by carrier pigeon, whatever source you may choose. It has the ability to purchase songs from the iTunes store, but you don't have to and if you prefer another jukebox app you don't even necessarily have to use iTunes with it.
The above assumes you have a belief in the Christian God and the authority of the bible. Even if we assume humans are happier worshiping him, it certainly isn't the only way to be happy and doesn't necessitate being judged based on it.
Sensational much?
But there *is* a replacement on the way -- the Linux-based replacement that the article summary mentions. The Palm OS is not actaully going away, they've just outgrown the classic Palm OS core and are replacing it with Linux as the kernel.
For those who want a minimalist browser kind of like Camino for Windows, K-Meleon might be the answer:
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
One down side is that the pace of development is a bit slower, as is the case with Camino. But I think it succeeds in its goal of being a lightweight, native-feeling, Gecko-based browser.
"Funny" would be a much more appropriate rating for the parent than "interesting". Someone with mod points is a little confused. :)
I'm gonna kill the next person who uses the term "blogosphere".
I wouldn't rely on it necessarily, but Google's mail service *does* offer POP3. It's not web-only.
Macs can and do have problems, like all computers -- no argument here. But these problems to *not* include worms or virus infections. I have been working as a Mac tech professionally for about five years now, and I have *never*, and I repeat *never* seen a Mac infected with any virus other than MS Office macro virus.
Agreed. Kevin Gerich, who was involved in creating the previous Firefox theme (Pinstripe) has an updated version for Firefox 2.0. It is a nice improvement over the new default theme. http://kmgerich.com/2006/09/27/pinstripe-for-firef ox-now-with-20-more-macintosh/
I was about to recommend this model, but I'll second your comment. We have one of these at home and I love it. As you mentioned, the graphics part is subjective, but it's networked, not very big, and reasonably fast. And it comes at a pretty low price for what you get. I have seen them as low at $150.
I also have to chime in -- this is exactly what happens to me daily. As part of my job I often migrate customer data from an old computer to a new one. Part of that often entails figuring out which mail client they used and integrating its data (saved mail, addresses) into the current software on their new machine. Quite frequently people *tell* me they use a specific mail app when in fact they don't, and they really just have their browser's home page set to Hotmail. They don't understand that there is any difference between webmail and a mail client on your computer.