I don't understand what all the quibble is about. I did my voting yesterday (I'm from Maryland) in about 15 seconds. It was that easy and quick. I had absolutely no problems what so ever.
Okay, so Microsoft wants to claim that their operating system is not exploited until a patch is released. First off, how did they know to make the patch if the operating system wasn't exploited. But more important, until recently, what has microsoft done to help educate those end-users whom use their computer just for email or word-processing about maintaining their computer.
Let's face it folks...most novice people who buy a computer expect it to work the first time and not do anything to up keep. Their idea of up keep is buying a new unit. Most people don't understand that Microsoft provides a free service to their customers to help make their system more stable (in relative terms to microsoft quality).
I personally hold Microsoft responsible for not properly educating those users how to maintain their systems. Granted, I'm not asking to have each individual user sent to a "Computer Licensing" class to know how to maintain OS patches and Antivirus Pattern files.
Possibly even an automated tutorial when the user first turns on their computer or some guide that can help them with the process.
The other complaint that I have is that Microsoft has made these patches so large that most updates (from a computer that has never seen the daylights of windowsupdate.microsoft.com) usually take 2-3 days of constant effort to complete. Most novice users don't have DSL or Cable modems cause they only use it for very simple tasks such as email and moderate web-surfing over a 56K modem.
I do have to applaude Microsoft for finally making a windows security update cdrom http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp for free. After all, these are problems caused by them for lack of testing their code for security vulnerabilitites for those individuals who just have a slow connection.
Lastly, I feel that Microsoft should have the workstation locked down to begin with at first time turn-on. For example, Microsoft could do the world a big favor by making their workstations with xp by default have the firewall enabled. It would eliminate a whole set of vulnerabilities right there and/or limit it (whether it is a DoS attack or Virus).
Microsoft also needs to educate users that just because they went to the store and bought Norton Antivirus 2004 means that it is current. Most people think they buy this software to stay current with the latest. But most often by the time the software is packaged, shipped, and purchased in bulk and redistributed to the stores it is already more than 90 days old and is in serious need of updating.
Microsoft also needs to have their patches broken up into smaller segments. So that users can casually download these programs in the background if they are connected to the internet and idle.
Enough ranting and raving. Microsoft just needs to admit that they as an OS distributor are going to find their operating system vulnerable and hacked. Granted other operating systems have vulnerabilities and problems too *but* the user group is much more in-tune to patching and verifying that their systems are secure.
For most of us in Baltimore, you have to go downtown to the bars. At 2 a.m., you don't want to be waiting 30 seconds for some device to determine whether or not you are capable of operating a vehicle especially in a place where people rob you for just 47 cents.
I am in support for such a device as I work in a Hospital. I see what happens to people and their families. It is horrible! They should really be able to come up with some newer types of technologies that do not require a 30 second wait.
For example, you could:
1. Breathe into a machine. A passive detector could immediately give some type of real-time reading. Which would allow the car to start.
2. Then some type of active analysis could begin. If it detects you are exceeding the limitation, it would shut the vehicle off.
After all, if you are intoxicated, most likely you won't even have the car in reverse after 30 seconds.
I do have to agree with the poster about plain cell phones fading away. For those who are just looking for a phone that works well, try the Siemens S55. I absolutely love it. It is a great phone and the games are optional. You can connect the phone to your PC to delete them or use the phone's filemanager. So, it is upto the owner of the cell phone whether they want games not at the descretion of the manufacturer.
This way, the phone will boot faster. The phone has a camera, but this is optional and needs to be attached to the phone.
I lost my satellite signal only once. That was during a hurricane. During the numerous snows and rain storms we have had in the past year here in Maryland I have never once had a degredation in signal quality once.
There are a couple of things you need to watch out for when getting satellite tv.
1. Have RG6 cable ran instead of RG59. RG59 cable is significantly cheaper and has a higher rate of loosing signal.
2. Make sure your ends on the RG6/59 cable are crimped properly. An improper crimp can result in loss of signal to the receiver.
3. Make sure when the installer comes, they fine tune it. Most installers are just part timers that want to make an extra bang for their buck. A *real* satellite installer will have a digital computer that feeds from the lnb directly into this unit. It can preceisely determine how strong the signal is.
WARNING: If your satellite installer just points the dish and asks you to watch the tv to see if you get signal he/she is not equiped with the right tools to do the installation. You should never have to use the satellite receiver as a gauge.
I also live in a heavily wooded area and have never lost satellite signal. I also have GermanTV which points to TelStar5. I never have any problems with that even though it is not a concentrated signal like DirecTV or Dish Network.
Satellite companies are not created equal. DirecTV has only 1 1/2 satellites for SD programming. They have another satellite for HD programming. DirecTV has noticeable problems because the signal is compressed so much.
Dish Network has a much better signal quality and they offer local channels now too. My Dish will soon be upgraded to 3 lnb's (SuperDish). Dish Network is by far much better in price and signal quality than DirecTV will ever be. Dish Network does not compress the signal so that they can fit more channels onto a transponder. Rather, the launch another satellite into space. I highly recommend checking their website out. They have launched almost a dozen satellites since the 1980s.
Actually, Andy is just another alias for Bill Gates. You see Bill Gates is trying to eliminate his competition but masks it my blaming us innocent *NIX folks. LOL!
I have found to be annoyed by RH versions +6.0. They are overbloated. Maybe this is the time for all you RH users to move to Gentoo.
Granted it is not the easiest to install but maintaining it is a breeze. And unlike RH 9.0, I'm not frustrated with stupid little pop-ups that they removed 'mp3' support. WTF!?!
Anyways if you want a distro like RH, I'd also recommend Mandrake. Mandrake is a refined RH -- minus the imperfections especially if you're allergic to them like I am.
There are options that you can pass. This may help but you'll probably need to play with it since I can't recommend any definite answers to resolve your problem.
I'm going to assume that you're running linux on x86, so...
Regards to adjusting your linux console text-mode, you'll need to compile Framebuffer Console support into your kernel. Then in your boot loader's configuration (e.g. grub, lilo) by adding the kernel argument vga=xxx
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Yeah SCO... you /really/ understand alright! ...Yes, SCO does understand. :%s/SCO/Linux/g
PS : SCO quarterly losses up to $2.25 million for fiscal Q1. Ouch.
What do you mean Ouch. I can't wait!!! That's great news--what wonderful news!!!
SCO quarterly looses up to $10 million for fiscal Q2 2004!!!!
For $100, I get 5 Mbps down and 384 kbps up from Comcast Pro.
I don't understand what all the quibble is about. I did my voting yesterday (I'm from Maryland) in about 15 seconds. It was that easy and quick. I had absolutely no problems what so ever.
Okay, so Microsoft wants to claim that their operating system is not exploited until a patch is released. First off, how did they know to make the patch if the operating system wasn't exploited. But more important, until recently, what has microsoft done to help educate those end-users whom use their computer just for email or word-processing about maintaining their computer.
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Let's face it folks...most novice people who buy a computer expect it to work the first time and not do anything to up keep. Their idea of up keep is buying a new unit. Most people don't understand that Microsoft provides a free service to their customers to help make their system more stable (in relative terms to microsoft quality).
I personally hold Microsoft responsible for not properly educating those users how to maintain their systems. Granted, I'm not asking to have each individual user sent to a "Computer Licensing" class to know how to maintain OS patches and Antivirus Pattern files.
Possibly even an automated tutorial when the user first turns on their computer or some guide that can help them with the process.
The other complaint that I have is that Microsoft has made these patches so large that most updates (from a computer that has never seen the daylights of windowsupdate.microsoft.com) usually take 2-3 days of constant effort to complete. Most novice users don't have DSL or Cable modems cause they only use it for very simple tasks such as email and moderate web-surfing over a 56K modem.
I do have to applaude Microsoft for finally making a windows security update cdrom http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/orde
for free. After all, these are problems caused by them for lack of testing their code for security vulnerabilitites for those individuals who just have a slow connection.
Lastly, I feel that Microsoft should have the workstation locked down to begin with at first time turn-on. For example, Microsoft could do the world a big favor by making their workstations with xp by default have the firewall enabled. It would eliminate a whole set of vulnerabilities right there and/or limit it (whether it is a DoS attack or Virus).
Microsoft also needs to educate users that just because they went to the store and bought Norton Antivirus 2004 means that it is current. Most people think they buy this software to stay current with the latest. But most often by the time the software is packaged, shipped, and purchased in bulk and redistributed to the stores it is already more than 90 days old and is in serious need of updating.
Microsoft also needs to have their patches broken up into smaller segments. So that users can casually download these programs in the background if they are connected to the internet and idle.
Enough ranting and raving. Microsoft just needs to admit that they as an OS distributor are going to find their operating system vulnerable and hacked. Granted other operating systems have vulnerabilities and problems too *but* the user group is much more in-tune to patching and verifying that their systems are secure.
For most of us in Baltimore, you have to go downtown to the bars. At 2 a.m., you don't want to be waiting 30 seconds for some device to determine whether or not you are capable of operating a vehicle especially in a place where people rob you for just 47 cents.
I am in support for such a device as I work in a Hospital. I see what happens to people and their families. It is horrible! They should really be able to come up with some newer types of technologies that do not require a 30 second wait.
For example, you could:
1. Breathe into a machine. A passive detector could immediately give some type of real-time reading. Which would allow the car to start.
2. Then some type of active analysis could begin. If it detects you are exceeding the limitation, it would shut the vehicle off.
After all, if you are intoxicated, most likely you won't even have the car in reverse after 30 seconds.
Hi There,
I do have to agree with the poster about plain cell phones fading away. For those who are just looking for a phone that works well, try the Siemens S55. I absolutely love it. It is a great phone and the games are optional. You can connect the phone to your PC to delete them or use the phone's filemanager. So, it is upto the owner of the cell phone whether they want games not at the descretion of the manufacturer.
This way, the phone will boot faster. The phone has a camera, but this is optional and needs to be attached to the phone.
It has an excellent battery life.
All,
I lost my satellite signal only once. That was during a hurricane. During the numerous snows and rain storms we have had in the past year here in Maryland I have never once had a degredation in signal quality once.
There are a couple of things you need to watch out for when getting satellite tv.
1. Have RG6 cable ran instead of RG59. RG59 cable is significantly cheaper and has a higher rate of loosing signal.
2. Make sure your ends on the RG6/59 cable are crimped properly. An improper crimp can result in loss of signal to the receiver.
3. Make sure when the installer comes, they fine tune it. Most installers are just part timers that want to make an extra bang for their buck. A *real* satellite installer will have a digital computer that feeds from the lnb directly into this unit. It can preceisely determine how strong the signal is.
WARNING: If your satellite installer just points the dish and asks you to watch the tv to see if you get signal he/she is not equiped with the right tools to do the installation. You should never have to use the satellite receiver as a gauge.
I also live in a heavily wooded area and have never lost satellite signal. I also have GermanTV which points to TelStar5. I never have any problems with that even though it is not a concentrated signal like DirecTV or Dish Network.
Satellite companies are not created equal.
DirecTV has only 1 1/2 satellites for SD programming. They have another satellite for HD programming. DirecTV has noticeable problems because the signal is compressed so much.
Dish Network has a much better signal quality and they offer local channels now too. My Dish will soon be upgraded to 3 lnb's (SuperDish). Dish Network is by far much better in price and signal quality than DirecTV will ever be. Dish Network does not compress the signal so that they can fit more channels onto a transponder. Rather, the launch another satellite into space. I highly recommend checking their website out. They have launched almost a dozen satellites since the 1980s.
Actually, Andy is just another alias for Bill Gates. You see Bill Gates is trying to eliminate his competition but masks it my blaming us innocent *NIX folks. LOL!
I have found to be annoyed by RH versions +6.0. They are overbloated. Maybe this is the time for all you RH users to move to Gentoo.
Granted it is not the easiest to install but maintaining it is a breeze. And unlike RH 9.0, I'm not frustrated with stupid little pop-ups that they removed 'mp3' support. WTF!?!
Anyways if you want a distro like RH, I'd also recommend Mandrake. Mandrake is a refined RH -- minus the imperfections especially if you're allergic to them like I am.
One other thing I forgot...
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
Check out
There are options that you can pass. This may help but you'll probably need to play with it since I can't recommend any definite answers to resolve your problem.
Good Luck!
Ryan
Hi There!
I'm going to assume that you're running linux on x86, so...
Regards to adjusting your linux console text-mode, you'll need to compile Framebuffer Console support into your kernel. Then in your boot loader's configuration (e.g. grub, lilo) by adding the kernel argument vga=xxx
xxx can be replaced with the following:
640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
Meaning, if you wanted to run 1280x1024 in 16-bit color, you'd choose 0x31A.
Hope this helps!
Ryan
I got a DEC VT420 (from '89) attached to a MicroVAX 3800 running OpenVMS 5.5-2.